Machine learning in analytical spectroscopy for nuclear diagnostics

AP Rao, PR Jenkins, RE Pinson, JD Auxier II… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Analytical spectroscopy methods have shown many possible uses for nuclear material
diagnostics and measurements in recent studies. In particular, the application potential for …

A review of femtosecond laser-induced emission techniques for combustion and flow field diagnostics

B Li, D Zhang, J Liu, Y Tian, Q Gao, Z Li - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The applications of femtosecond lasers to the diagnostics of combustion and flow field have
recently attracted increasing interest. Many novel spectroscopic methods have been …

Analytical comparisons of handheld LIBS and XRF devices for rapid quantification of gallium in a plutonium surrogate matrix

AP Rao, PR Jenkins, JD Auxier, MB Shattan… - Journal of Analytical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This work compares a portable laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzer to a
portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) device for quantification of gallium (Ga) in a plutonium …

Laser-induced plasma analysis of ammonia-oxygen and ammonia-oxygen-enriched-air flames at elevated pressures

BK Gokcecik, N Guthikonda, A Clark, P Zhao… - Combustion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study employed Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to measure the fuel-
oxidizer ratio (FOR) of ammonia combustion with oxygen-enriched air and pure oxygen …

Measurement of electron density and temperature from laser-induced nitrogen plasma at elevated pressure (1–6 bar)

AP Rao, M Gragston, AK Patnaik, PS Hsu… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Laser-induced plasmas experience Stark broadening and shifts of spectral lines carrying
spectral signatures of plasma properties. In this paper, we report time-resolved Stark …

Rapid quantitative analysis of trace elements in plutonium alloys using a handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) device coupled with chemometrics …

AP Rao, PR Jenkins, DM Vu, JD Auxier II… - Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the first reported quantification of trace elements in plutonium via a portable
laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) device and demonstrate the use of …

Time-gated single-shot picosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (ps-libs) for equivalence-ratio measurements

M Gragston, P Hsu, A Patnaik, Z Zhang… - Applied …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Time-gated picosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (ps-LIBS) for the
determination of local equivalence ratios in atmospheric-pressure adiabatic methane–air …

Emissions in short-gated ns/ps/fs-LIBS for fuel-to-air ratio measurements in methane-air flames

M Gragston, P Hsu, N Jiang, S Roy, Z Zhang - Applied Optics, 2021 - opg.optica.org
A study of short-gated 10 nanosecond (ns), 100 picosecond (ps), and 100 femtosecond (fs)
laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was conducted for fuel-to-air ratio (FAR) …

[HTML][HTML] Femtosecond-laser-induced plasma spectroscopy for high-pressure gas sensing: enhanced stability of spectroscopic signal

PS Hsu, AK Patnaik, AJ Stolt, J Estevadeordal… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Gas composition detection and analysis in high-pressure environments, such as those
encountered in combustors, power plants, and planetary bodies, are important for scientific …

Improving signal stability and analysis accuracy in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy by multi-directional collection

M Zhang, H Fu, H Wang, B Wu, Y Liu… - Spectrochimica Acta Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor spectral signal stability has always been a key problem limiting the development of
laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The spatiotemporal inhomogeneity of the …