Influence of laser beam characteristics and focusing optics on optical laser-induced breakdown detection

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  • Clemens Walther
  • W. Hauser

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  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)877-886
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftApplied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Jahrgang97
Ausgabenummer4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Dez. 2009
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

Laser-induced breakdown detection (LIBD) is a well established technique for measuring size and concentration of inorganic colloids in liquids. However, most applications of LIBD are restricted to the measurement of mean sizes, which is problematic in cases of wide colloid size distributions (PSD) as typically is the case in natural systems. Evaluation of PSDs from LIBD is possible but requires detailed control of the power density within the laser focus. In the present work we describe the mathematical treatment how to calculate this power density from the beam characteristics of the light source and the optical properties of the focusing optics. The results are compared to measured spatial distributions of breakdown events of three LIBD setups.

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Influence of laser beam characteristics and focusing optics on optical laser-induced breakdown detection. / Walther, Clemens; Hauser, W.
in: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Jahrgang 97, Nr. 4, 01.12.2009, S. 877-886.

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