LIBS Info: Element Analysis

Title Authors Material Detector Spectrometer Software
Investigation of the self-absorption effect using time-resolved laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Jun Duan, Y.F. Lu, X.Y. Zeng, Yuyang Ma, Zhenlin Hu, L.B. Guo, Tao Wu, Yanwu Chu, S.X. Ma, Y. Tang Steel Andor iStar ICCD Andor Shamrock 500i
Laser: Nd:YAG
532.0000nm
4.0000mJ
10.000Hz
Gate Delay: 0.200us
Gate Width: 0.200us
Rare example of detection limits in the presence of Self Absorption. In this case, self absorption is reduced significantly by collecting the spectra with short delay and integration time so that the population of the ground state is comparatively lower.
Element Detection Limit (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Other Wavelengths (nm) Calibration Method Calibration Range (ppm) Notes


Element RMSE (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Calibration Method Notes
Mn 0.0096 % 403.3100 Univariate Calibration Roughly 16x improvement in RMSE over other integration times due to reduction in self-absorption
Cu 0.0115 % 327.4000 Univariate Calibration Roughly 3x improvement over other integration time due to reduction in self absorption.