LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENTATION FOR REAL-TIME ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS
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1. An apparatus for measuring the contents of an analysis sample, comprising:
- (a) a pulsed laser energy emitter;
(b) an optical transmission medium for focusing energy from said pulsed laser energy emitter onto said analysis sample, for generating a plasma state in a portion of said analysis sample; and
(c) a detector for measuring spectral characteristics of energy emitted from said analysis sample when exposed to focused energy, wherein the apparatus is portable.
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Abstract
A backpack laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy LIBS system to provide rapid in-field elemental analysis of environmental samples important to the safeguarding of special nuclear materials.
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1. An apparatus for measuring the contents of an analysis sample, comprising:
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(a) a pulsed laser energy emitter; (b) an optical transmission medium for focusing energy from said pulsed laser energy emitter onto said analysis sample, for generating a plasma state in a portion of said analysis sample; and (c) a detector for measuring spectral characteristics of energy emitted from said analysis sample when exposed to focused energy, wherein the apparatus is portable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for measuring the content of an analysis sample comprising the steps of:
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(a) emitting laser pulses from a pulsed laser energy emitter; (b) focusing energy from said pulsed laser energy emitter on said analysis sample, thereby generating a plasma state in a portion of said analysis sample; (c) measuring spectral characteristics of energy emitted from said analysis sample when exposed to focused energy; and (d) detecting elements in said analysis sample by the presence of narrow spectral line characteristics, wherein the method is completed in real-time. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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