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 …

Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and materials

S Carter, R Clough, A Fisher, B Gibson… - Journal of Analytical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This update covers the literature published between approximately June 2021 and May
2022 and is the latest part of a series of annual reviews. It is designed to provide the reader …

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 …

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 …

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 …

An approach for measurement of the magnetic field near the surface of plasma-facing components in tokamak by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy based on …

H Wu, D Wu, C Li, S Liu, Z Hu, Y Li, X Wang… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been demonstrated to diagnose the
surface element distribution of plasma-facing components (PFC S) in fusion devices …

Spatiotemporal dynamic characterization of the laser-induced plasma of a mixed material (WCCu) under variable ablation angles in a vacuum

H Wu, C Li, D Wu, S Liu, Z Hu, C Feng, R Hai… - Journal of Analytical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The real-time composition information of the surfaces of the plasma-facing components
(PFCs) in the tokamak, especially the divertor region, is of great significance for …

LIBS investigation of metals suitable for plasma-facing components: Characteristics and comparison of picosecond and nanosecond regimes

AM Roldan, V Dwivedi, M Pisarčík, M Veis… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
For ITER and other future fusion devices, tungsten (W) and its alloys are primary candidates
for the first wall in divertor, and molybdenum (Mo) will be used as the background material …

Interface detection by picosecond Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): Application to a physical vapor deposited tungsten layer on a copper-chromium …

A Favre, V Morel, A Bultel, G Godard, S Idlahcen… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technique is tested to control
the ablation of a tungsten layer having a dozen micrometers thickness obtained by physical …

Diagnostic study of interface materials of co-deposition simulating impurity relevant to international thermonuclear experimental reactor by using calibration-free laser …

M Imran, Z Hu, F Ding, H Ding, M Iqbal… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2022 - Elsevier
The quantitative analysis and depth profiling of a co-deposition simulating the impurity of the
international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) has been performed by using laser …