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 …

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 …

Raw signal improvement using beam shaping plasma modulation for uranium detection in ore using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

J Ji, W Song, Z Hou, L Li, X Yu, Z Wang - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Real-time quantitative detection of uranium in ores is one of the major challenges for
uranium exploration. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been regarded as …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal evolution of emission and absorption signatures in a laser-produced plasma

SS Harilal, EJ Kautz, MC Phillips - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We report spatiotemporal evolution of emission and absorption signatures of Al species in a
nanosecond (ns) laser-produced plasma (LPP). The plasmas were generated from an …

Experimental and theoretical comparison of ion properties from nanosecond laser-produced plasmas of metal targets

MP Polek, EJ Kautz, T Ahmed, BR Kowash… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The ion emission properties of laser-produced plasmas as a function of laser intensities
between 4–50 GW cm À2 and varying angles with respect to the target normal were …

Dual-comb absorption spectroscopy of molecular CeO in a laser-produced plasma

RT Rhoades, RRD Weeks, SE Erickson, C Lecaplain… - Optics letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Broadband and high-resolution absorption spectra of molecular cerium oxide (CeO) are
obtained in a laser-produced plasma using dual-comb spectroscopy. Simultaneous …

Impact of environmental oxygen on nanoparticle formation and agglomeration in aluminum laser ablation plumes

EJ Kautz, A Zelenyuk, B Gwalani, MJ Olszta… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The role of ambient oxygen gas (O 2) on molecular and nanoparticle formation and
agglomeration was studied in laser ablation plumes. As a lab-scale surrogate to a high …