Pulsed laser-induced heating of mineral phases: Implications for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy combined with Raman spectroscopy

Fau, A.; Beyssac, O.; Gauthier, M.; Meslin, Pierre Yves; Cousin, Agnes; Benzerara, K.; Bernard, S.; Boulliard, J. C.; Gasnault, Olivier; Forni, Olivier; Wiens, Roger Craig; Morand, M.; Rosier, P.; Garino, Y.; Pont, S.; Maurice, Sylvestre

doi:10.1016/j.sab.2019.105687

Pulsed laser-induced heating of mineral phases: Implications for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy combined with Raman spectroscopy

Journal Article · Sat Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2019.105687· OSTI ID:1734725

Fau, A. ^[1]; Beyssac, O. ^[1]; Gauthier, M. ^[1]; Meslin, Pierre Yves ^[2]; Cousin, Agnes ^[2]; Benzerara, K. ^[1]; Bernard, S. ^[1]; Boulliard, J. C. ^[1]; Gasnault, Olivier ^[2]; Forni, Olivier ^[2]; ^[3]; Morand, M. ^[1]; Rosier, P. ^[1]; Garino, Y. ^[1]; Pont, S. ^[1]; Maurice, Sylvestre ^[2]

Sorbonne Univ., Paris (France)
Univ. of Toulouse (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toulouse (France)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and Raman spectroscopy are complementary techniques providing respectively chemical and structural information on the sample target. These techniques are increasingly used in Earth and Planetary sciences, and often together. LIBS is locally destructive for the target, and the laser-induced effects due to LIBS laser shots on the structure and on the Raman fingerprint of a set of geological samples relevant to Mars exploration are here investigated by Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Experiments show that the structure of samples with low optical absorption coefficients is preserved as well as the structural information carried by Raman spectra. By contrast, minerals with high optical absorption coefficient can be severely affected by LIBS laser shots with local amorphization, melting and/or phase transformation. Thermal modeling shows that the temperature can reach several thousands of degrees at the surface for such samples during a LIBS laser shot, but decreases rapidly with time and in space. In 2020, NASA Mars 2020 mission will send a rover equipped with a combined LIBS/Raman instrument for remote analysis (SuperCam) as well as proximity science instruments at fine scale for X-ray fluorescence called PIXL for Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry, and deep UV Raman spectroscopy called SHERLOC for Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals. Here, we discuss the implications of our results for the operation of these instruments and show that (i) the SuperCam analytical footprint for Raman spectroscopy is many times larger than the LIBS crater, minimizing any effects and (ii) SHERLOC and PIXL analysis may be affected if they analyze within a LIBS crater created by SuperCam LIBS.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1734725

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--19-32330

Journal Information:: Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy, Journal Name: Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy Vol. 160; ISSN 0584-8547

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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