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 …

Atom probe tomography for the observation of hydrogen in materials: a review

YS Chen, PY Liu, R Niu, A Devaraj… - Microscopy and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Atom probe tomography (APT) is an emerging microscopy technique that has high sensitivity
for hydrogen with sub-nanometre-scale spatial resolution, which makes it a unique method …

Influence of ambient gas on self-reversal in Li transitions relevant to isotopic analysis

EJ Kautz, A Xu, AV Harilal, MP Polek, AM Casella… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy is a promising, rapid analysis method for the
detection and quantification of Li and its isotopes needed in geochemical, nuclear, and …

Review on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: methodology and technical developments

J Thomas, H Chandra Joshi - Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this review, we attempt to provide a brief account of laser-induced breakdown
spectroscopy (LIBS) methodology and technological developments. We also summarize …

Neutron irradiation induced changes in isotopic abundance of 6Li and 3D nanoscale distribution of tritium in LiAlO2 pellets analyzed by atom probe tomography

A Devaraj, B Matthews, B Arey, L Bagaasen… - Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen is produced by neutron irradiation of 6 Li enriched
LiAlO 2 pellets in Tritium producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs). Three-dimensional …

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 …

Analysis of hydrogen in inorganic materials and coatings: a critical review

Z Weiss - Hydrogen, 2021 - mdpi.com
The currently used bulk analysis and depth profiling methods for hydrogen in inorganic
materials and inorganic coatings are reviewed. Bulk analysis of hydrogen is based on fusion …

Detection of hydrogen isotopes in Zircaloy-4 via femtosecond LIBS

EJ Kautz, ECE Rönnebro, A Devaraj… - Journal of Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The analysis of hydrogen isotopes (1H, 2H, and 3H) is crucial to several applications,
including nuclear forensics and safeguards, characterization of nuclear fission and fusion …

Detection of tritium using ultrafast laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

SS Harilal, AK Shaik, EJ Kautz, A Devaraj… - Journal of Analytical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Detection of nuclear materials and their radioisotopes with rapid, and standoff capability in
addition to no sample preparation requirement is crucial to nuclear nonproliferation …

Simplified LIBS-based intensity-ratio approach for concentration estimation (SLICE): an approach for elemental analysis using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

AK Tarai, SA Rashkovskiy, MK Gundawar - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We propose what we believe to be a new approach for elemental analysis using laser
induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). This method offers enhanced convenience and …