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 …

Filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy with structured beams

M Burger, P Polynkin, I Jovanovic - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Filament-induced ablation represents an attractive scheme for long-range material
identification via optical spectroscopy. However, the delivery of laser energy to the target can …

Progress toward machine learning methodologies for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with an emphasis on soil analysis

Y Huang, SS Harilal, A Bais… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical emission spectroscopy of laser-produced plasmas, commonly known as laser-
induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), is an emerging analytical tool for rapid soil …

Oxidation in laser-generated metal plumes

EJ Kautz, MC Phillips, A Zelenyuk, SS Harilal - Physics of plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The temporal evolution of atoms and molecules in a laser-produced plasma was
investigated using optical emission spectroscopy for several metal targets (ie, Al, Ti, Fe, Zr …

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 …

Early-and late-time dynamics of laser-produced plasmas by combining emission and absorption spectroscopy

NL LaHaye, SS Harilal, MC Phillips - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Optical emission spectroscopy and laser absorption spectroscopy are two highly
complementary techniques for diagnosing plasmas, specifically determining important …

[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 …