Hybrid interferometric/dispersive atomic spectroscopy of laser-induced uranium plasma
Abstract
An established optical emission spectroscopy technique, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), holds promise for detection and rapid analysis of elements relevant for nuclear safeguards, nonproliferation, and nucle-ar power, including the measurement of isotope ratios. One such important application of LIBS is the measure-ment of uranium enrichment (235U/238U), which requires high spectral resolution (e.g., 25 pm for the 424.4 nm U II line). High-resolution dispersive spectrometers necessary for such measurements are typically bulky and expensive. We demonstrate the use of an alternative measurement approach, which is based on an in-expensive and compact Fabry–Perot etalon integrated with a low to moderate resolution Czerny–Turner spec-trometer, to achieve the resolution needed for isotope selectivity of LIBS of uranium in ambient air. Spectral line widths of ~10 pm have been measured at a center wavelength 424.437 nm, clearly discriminating the natural from the highly enriched uranium.
- Authors:
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- The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1252732
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1359834; OSTI ID: 1367563
- Report Number(s):
- INL/JOU-15-36251
Journal ID: ISSN 0584-8547; PII: S0584854715002967
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 2012-DN-130-NF0001-02; AC07-05ID14517; NA0002534
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0584-8547
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; uranium; isotopes; Fabry–Perot
Citation Formats
Morgan, Phyllis K., Scott, Jill R., and Jovanovic, Igor. Hybrid interferometric/dispersive atomic spectroscopy of laser-induced uranium plasma. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.sab.2015.12.006.
Morgan, Phyllis K., Scott, Jill R., & Jovanovic, Igor. Hybrid interferometric/dispersive atomic spectroscopy of laser-induced uranium plasma. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2015.12.006
Morgan, Phyllis K., Scott, Jill R., and Jovanovic, Igor. Sat .
"Hybrid interferometric/dispersive atomic spectroscopy of laser-induced uranium plasma". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2015.12.006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252732.
@article{osti_1252732,
title = {Hybrid interferometric/dispersive atomic spectroscopy of laser-induced uranium plasma},
author = {Morgan, Phyllis K. and Scott, Jill R. and Jovanovic, Igor},
abstractNote = {An established optical emission spectroscopy technique, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), holds promise for detection and rapid analysis of elements relevant for nuclear safeguards, nonproliferation, and nucle-ar power, including the measurement of isotope ratios. One such important application of LIBS is the measure-ment of uranium enrichment (235U/238U), which requires high spectral resolution (e.g., 25 pm for the 424.4 nm U II line). High-resolution dispersive spectrometers necessary for such measurements are typically bulky and expensive. We demonstrate the use of an alternative measurement approach, which is based on an in-expensive and compact Fabry–Perot etalon integrated with a low to moderate resolution Czerny–Turner spec-trometer, to achieve the resolution needed for isotope selectivity of LIBS of uranium in ambient air. Spectral line widths of ~10 pm have been measured at a center wavelength 424.437 nm, clearly discriminating the natural from the highly enriched uranium.},
doi = {10.1016/j.sab.2015.12.006},
journal = {Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy},
number = C,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sat Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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