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Title: High repetition rate laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using acousto-optically gated detection

Abstract

This contribution introduces a new type of setup for fast sample analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The novel design combines a high repetition rate laser (up to 50 kHz) as excitation source and an acousto-optical modulator (AOM) as a fast switch for temporally gating the detection of the emitted light. The plasma radiation is led through the active medium of the AOM where it is diffracted on the transient ultrasonic Bragg grid. The diffracted radiation is detected by a compact Czerny-Turner spectrometer equipped with a CCD line detector. Utilizing the new combination of high repetition rate lasers and AOM gated detection, rapid measurements with total integration times of only 10 ms resulted in a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.13 wt.% for magnesium in aluminum alloys. This short integration time corresponds to 100 analyses/s. Temporal gating of LIP radiation results in improved LODs and consecutively higher sensitivity of the LIBS setup. Therefore, an AOM could be beneficially utilized to temporally detect plasmas induced by high repetition rate lasers. The AOM in combination with miniaturized Czerny-Turner spectrometers equipped with CCD line detectors and small footprint diode pumped solid state lasers results in temporally gateable compact LIBS setups.

Authors:
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  1. BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, D-12489 Berlin (Germany)
  2. Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2896/2, 61669 Brno (Czech Republic)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22308669
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 7; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; BRAGG REFLECTION; BREAKDOWN; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTION; DIODE-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; EXCITATION; GRIDS; MAGNESIUM; PLASMA; SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE RADIATION

Citation Formats

Pořízka, Pavel, Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2896/2, 61669 Brno, Klessen, Benjamin, Gornushkin, Igor, Riedel, Jens, Kaiser, Jozef, Panne, Ulrich, and Chemistry Department, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, D-12489 Berlin. High repetition rate laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using acousto-optically gated detection. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4890337.
Pořízka, Pavel, Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2896/2, 61669 Brno, Klessen, Benjamin, Gornushkin, Igor, Riedel, Jens, Kaiser, Jozef, Panne, Ulrich, & Chemistry Department, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, D-12489 Berlin. High repetition rate laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using acousto-optically gated detection. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890337
Pořízka, Pavel, Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2896/2, 61669 Brno, Klessen, Benjamin, Gornushkin, Igor, Riedel, Jens, Kaiser, Jozef, Panne, Ulrich, and Chemistry Department, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, D-12489 Berlin. 2014. "High repetition rate laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using acousto-optically gated detection". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890337.
@article{osti_22308669,
title = {High repetition rate laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using acousto-optically gated detection},
author = {Pořízka, Pavel and Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2896/2, 61669 Brno and Klessen, Benjamin and Gornushkin, Igor and Riedel, Jens and Kaiser, Jozef and Panne, Ulrich and Chemistry Department, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, D-12489 Berlin},
abstractNote = {This contribution introduces a new type of setup for fast sample analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The novel design combines a high repetition rate laser (up to 50 kHz) as excitation source and an acousto-optical modulator (AOM) as a fast switch for temporally gating the detection of the emitted light. The plasma radiation is led through the active medium of the AOM where it is diffracted on the transient ultrasonic Bragg grid. The diffracted radiation is detected by a compact Czerny-Turner spectrometer equipped with a CCD line detector. Utilizing the new combination of high repetition rate lasers and AOM gated detection, rapid measurements with total integration times of only 10 ms resulted in a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.13 wt.% for magnesium in aluminum alloys. This short integration time corresponds to 100 analyses/s. Temporal gating of LIP radiation results in improved LODs and consecutively higher sensitivity of the LIBS setup. Therefore, an AOM could be beneficially utilized to temporally detect plasmas induced by high repetition rate lasers. The AOM in combination with miniaturized Czerny-Turner spectrometers equipped with CCD line detectors and small footprint diode pumped solid state lasers results in temporally gateable compact LIBS setups.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4890337},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22308669}, journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 7,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}