Monitoring of tritium and impurities in the first wall of fusion devices using a LIBS based diagnostic

HJ Van Der Meiden, S Almaviva, J Butikova… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is one of the most promising methods for
quantitative in-situ determination of fuel retention in plasma-facing components (PFCs) of …

Development of Calibration-Free Laser-Induced-Breakdown-Spectroscopy based techniques for deposited layers diagnostics on ITER-like tiles

R Fantoni, S Almaviva, L Caneve, F Colao… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2013 - Elsevier
High temperature plasma in hydrogen isotopes is peculiar of thermonuclear fusion devices.
The study of plasma–wall interaction is of paramount importance for avoiding both damage …

Analysis of deposited layers on plasma facing components by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Towards ITER tritium inventory diagnostics

L Mercadier, J Hermann, C Grisolia… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Elsevier
Because of the necessity of tritium inventory diagnostics in the framework of ITER, laser-
induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is under development to analyse the deposited …

Review of LIBS application in nuclear fusion technology

C Li, CL Feng, HY Oderji, GN Luo, HB Ding - Frontiers of Physics, 2016 - Springer
Nuclear fusion has enormous potential to greatly affect global energy production. The next-
generation tokamak ITER, which is aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of energy …

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy as diagnostics for fuel retention and removal and wall composition in fusion reactors with mixed-material components

P Gasior, M Bieda, M Kubkowska, R Neu… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2011 - Elsevier
In order to apply Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for diagnostics of fuel
retention and removal and wall composition in ITER it is necessary to validate the method in …

LIBS measurements inside the FTU vessel mock-up by using a robotic arm

S Almaviva, L Caneve, F Colao, V Lazic… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The amount of tritium (T) retained in plasma facing components (PFCs) and in-vessel
structures has to be carefully monitored in ITER because of the limits fixed by safety issues …

[HTML][HTML] Loading of deuterium and helium by Pilot-PSI plasma and their detection by in-situ LIBS

K Piip, HJ van der Meiden, K Bystrov, L Hämarik… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a promising method for quantifying the
fuel content of the plasma-facing components of ITER both in between plasma discharges …

Deuterium detection and quantification by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and calibration-free analysis in ITER relevant samples

S Almaviva, L Caneve, F Colao… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tritium (T) inventory in Plasma Facing Components (PFCs) will be one of the critical issues
for ITER because of the impact tritium can have on the machine operation and safety. Laser …

[HTML][HTML] LIBS experiments for quantitative detection of retained fuel

F Colao, S Almaviva, L Caneve, G Maddaluno… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) provides chemical information from
atomic and ionic plasma emissions generated by laser vaporization of a sample. At the …

Double pulse Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy measurements on ITER-like samples

S Almaviva, L Caneve, F Colao, P Gasior… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is an attractive analytical technique
for the in situ analysis of the chemical composition of the components inside the vacuum …