ARC SCANNING METHODS FOR LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240255432A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18560906

    申请日:2022-05-03

    发明人: Patrick LANCUBA

    IPC分类号: G01N21/71

    摘要: A method for compositional analysis, in particular laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), includes providing a sample having a surface, moving an ablation point to a plurality of positions on the surface along an arc path defined by a plurality of arcs, wherein the plurality of arcs extend from an edge of the area to another edge of the area, wherein the arc path follows adjacent arcs of the plurality of arcs, pulsing an energy source to provide an electromagnetic energy beam to ablate material at the ablation point, collecting an emission spectrum in response to pulsing the energy source, and analyzing the emission spectrum to determine a composition at the surface.

    METHODS FOR CREATING A TRENCH IN A SAMPLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20240192124A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18532516

    申请日:2023-12-07

    发明人: Heiko Stegmann

    摘要: A method for creating a trench with a defined intended trench depth in a sample uses a particle beam system configured to create a particle beam to ablate material from the sample. An exemplary method comprises: defining a particle beam system setting which is a setting of the particle beam system for implementing an ablation unit step with the particle beam; acquiring calibration data records using the defined particle beam system setting on a calibration sample; determining a regression curve based on the acquired calibration data records, the regression curve being defined on the basis of at least one parameter that characterizes the ablation unit step; determining an implementation number based on the determined regression curve and the intended trench depth; and creating a trench in the sample by repeatedly implementing the ablation unit step with the particle beam system setting in accordance with the determined implementation number.

    Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of liquid

    公开(公告)号:US11835464B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US17672678

    申请日:2022-02-15

    IPC分类号: G01N21/71

    摘要: Chemical composition of liquid phase samples is determined based on laser induced ablation spectroscopy of droplets. An aerosol jet comprising a carrier gas and liquid phase sample droplets, less than about 10 microns in diameter, is formed. An emissive plasma plume is generated from the sample droplets using a pulsed laser to deposit energy at a focal point in the aerosol jet. Light from the plasma plume is gathered with a concave mirror and focused into one end of a fiber optic lightguide. The lightguide can transmit spectral emissions from the plume to a spectrometer/detector which can send wavelength and intensity values to a computer. The computer is operable to determine a liquid sample composition based on the wavelength and intensity values.