Optical diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas

SS Harilal, MC Phillips, DH Froula, KK Anoop… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Laser-produced plasmas (LPPs) engulf exotic and complex conditions ranging in
temperature, density, pressure, magnetic and electric fields, charge states, charged particle …

Laser ablation plasmas and spectroscopy for nuclear applications

EH Kwapis, J Borrero, KS Latty, HB Andrews… - Applied …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
The development of measurement methodologies to detect and monitor nuclear-relevant
materials remains a consistent and significant interest across the nuclear energy …

Optical spectroscopy and modeling of uranium gas-phase oxidation: Progress and perspectives

EJ Kautz, EN Weerakkody, MS Finko, D Curreli… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies related to U gas-phase oxidation through plasma-and thermo-chemistry are
important for many fields, including environmental monitoring, forensic analysis, debris …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles in analytical laser and plasma spectroscopy–a review of recent developments in methodology and applications

G Galbács, A Kéri, A Kohut, M Veres… - Journal of Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The present review attempts to comprehensively overview the progress in the field of
nanoparticle-related analytical laser and plasma spectroscopy research, focusing on the …

Spectroscopic signatures and oxidation characteristics of nanosecond laser-induced cerium plasmas

EH Kwapis, E Villa-Aleman, KC Hartig - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving technologies related to the wide area environmental sampling of nuclear
materials supports the nuclear nonproliferation mission of preventing the proliferation of …

Time-resolved absorption spectroscopic characterization of ultrafast laser-produced plasmas under varying background pressures

SS Harilal, EJ Kautz, MC Phillips - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
Time-resolved tunable laser absorption spectroscopy is used to characterize the physical
properties of ultrafast laser-produced plasmas. The plasmas were produced from an Inconel …

Hydrogen isotopic analysis of nuclear reactor materials using ultrafast laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

EJ Kautz, A Devaraj, DJ Senor, SS Harilal - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy is a promising method for rapidly measuring
hydrogen and its isotopes, critical to a wide range of disciplines (eg nuclear energy …

The role of ambient gas confinement, plasma chemistry, and focusing conditions on emission features of femtosecond laser-produced plasmas

EJ Kautz, J Yeak, BE Bernacki, MC Phillips… - Journal of analytical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrafast laser ablation coupled with optical emission spectroscopy is currently under
development for standoff detection of elements and their isotopes for a wide range of …

[HTML][HTML] Laser-induced fluorescence of filament-produced plasmas

EJ Kautz, MC Phillips, SS Harilal - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Self-guided ultrafast laser filaments are a promising method for laser beam delivery and
plasma generation for standoff and remote detection of elements and isotopes via filament …

The interplay between laser focusing conditions, expansion dynamics, ablation mechanisms, and emission intensity in ultrafast laser-produced plasmas

EJ Kautz, DJ Senor, SS Harilal - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The interplay between ultrafast laser focusing conditions, emission intensity, expansion
dynamics, and ablation mechanisms is critical to the detection of light isotopes relevant to …