再加热双脉冲激光诱导等离子体的时空演变特性研究

为了研究再加热双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)对信号的增强机制,分别采用单脉冲LIBS和再加热双脉冲LIBS两种方式烧蚀合金钢样品产生等离子体,利用高分辨率的中阶梯光栅光谱仪采集等离子体发射光谱信号,同时用快速成像ICCD相机观测等离子体形态的变化,研究了两种烧蚀方式下等离子体的时空演变特性。通过比较两种烧蚀方式下等离子体产生初期光谱信号和图像的时间演变规律,发现再加热双脉冲LIBS提高了等离子体温度,且当信号采集延时等于再加热双脉冲的脉冲间隔时,等离子体温度的衰减速率发生变化;再加热双脉冲LIBS使等离子体图像强度增加,等离子体的中心区域高度和宽度分别增大了23.5%和15.1%。空间分布的研究结果表明,与单脉冲LIBS相比,当到样品表面的距离大于0.6 mm时,等离子体中的Fe Ⅱ和N Ⅰ谱线强度有较明显的增强,而Fe Ⅰ谱线在空间不同位置处的增强程度都较小,局部区域有减小的现象;再加热双脉冲LIBS使等离子体温度增加了约2 000 K,等离子体中产生了一个较大的高温区域。综合时空演变的实验结果说明再加热双脉冲对光谱信号增强的机制主要是由于第二束激光对第一束激光烧蚀样品产生的等离子体再次激发,使等离子体温度增加,进而引起等离子体辐射强度增加。     

液相射流中中Al元素单双脉冲LIBS研究

为了综合比较单双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱技术(LIBS)在液体中重金属元素的检测效果,利用自建的液相射流单-双脉冲LIBS技术装置,对AlCl₃水溶液中的Al元素LIBS特性进行测量和分析。实验中使用两台532 nm Nd∶YAG激光器作为激发光源,等离子体辐射信号通过光谱仪和ICCD进行采集。实验研究了单脉冲下Al(396.15 nm)发射谱线的谱线强度随激光能量、ICCD门延时、门宽之间的变化关系,获得了最优化实验参数激光能量为50 mJ,ICCD门延迟为1 200 ns,门宽为150 ns。在相同的实验条件下,实验考察了Al(369.15 nm)发射谱线的谱线强度随双脉冲之间的延时,激光总能量,ICCD门延时的变化关系,获得了最优化实验参数为两双脉冲之间的延时为1 000 ns,激光总能量为50 mJ,ICCD门延时为1 100 ns。单脉冲和双脉冲条件下获得重金属Al的LIBS检测限分别为26.79和10.80 ppm,双脉冲LIBS技术使元素检测限下降2倍多。实验结果表明双脉冲可以提升LIBS技术的探测灵敏度,为LIBS技术应用于水体中重金属快速检测提供了依据。     

土壤中重金属元素的双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱研究

基于正交预烧蚀双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱(DP-LIBS) 技术对长春市四个地点地表土壤样品中的重金属元素进行了研究, 根据光谱线强度定性分析了重金属元素Mn, Cr, Cu, Pb含量.实验结果发现, 在532和1064 nm激光脉冲能量分别为70和100 mJ的条件下光谱增强随延时的变化出现双峰结构. 脉冲间延时20 μs时, Mn I 406.4 nm光谱增强幅度达到2.75倍, 延时为30 μs时出现第二个尖峰, 增强幅度为2.4倍.最后对正交预烧蚀DP-LIBS光谱增强机理进行了讨论. 关键词： 预烧蚀 双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱 光谱增强 土壤污染     

钾元素单脉冲和双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱研究

基于自行研制的新型液体射流的激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)实验装置,研究了实验条件(如积分延时、脉冲间隔、激光能量等)对K元素单脉冲LIBS和双脉冲LIBS等离子发射的影响.实验得知相对单脉冲激光激发,双脉冲激光激发可以显著提高等离子体发射谱线强度,增加谱线强度的衰减时间,提高LIBS数据的稳定性.通过最佳实验条件下K766.49nm谱线强度随溶液浓度的分析,得到该实验系统中,双脉冲激光激发时K元素的检测灵敏度和检测限约是单脉冲激光激发时的37倍.实验结果为双脉冲LIBS技术应用于水体金属的检测提供了一定依据.     

钾元素单脉冲和双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱研究

基于自行研制的新型液体射流的激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)实验装置,研究了实验条件(如积分延时、脉冲间隔、激光能量等)对K元素单脉冲LIBS和双脉冲LIBS等离子发射的影响.实验得知相对单脉冲激光激发,双脉冲激光激发可以显著提高等离子体发射谱线强度,增加谱线强度的衰减时间,提高LIBS数据的稳定性.通过最佳实验条件下K766.49nm谱线强度随溶液浓度的分析,得到该实验系统中,双脉冲激光激发时K元素的检测灵敏度和检测限约是单脉冲激光激发时的37倍.实验结果为双脉冲LIBS技术应用于水体金属的检测提供了一定依据.     

高能量激光诱导铝等离子体的发射光谱研究

用钕玻璃激光器 (～ 2 5J)烧蚀铝靶获得等离子体 ,以氩气作为保护气体 ,分析了环境气压、等离子体的观测高度、工作电压、激光功率密度对谱线强度的影响 ,并进行了简短的讨论。实验结果表明 ,环境气压为 88kPa时谱线强度最大 ;相同气压下随着观测高度的增大 ,谱线强度明显减弱 ,在气压为 88kPa观测位置距样品表面 1 5～ 2mm时谱线强度较强 ;并且随着激光工作电压、功率密度的增大 ,谱线强度逐渐提高。     

共线DP-LIBS定量分析水中Cu含量的试验研究

为研究双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱(DP-LIBS)对水体中铜(Cu)元素检测灵敏度的影响,采用共线双脉冲LIBS检测装置对所配置的含Cu水溶液进行激光诱导击穿光谱试验。结果显示：与运用单脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱(SP-LIBS)检测水体中Cu元素相比,运用DP-LIBS探测到的光谱明显增强,并且其检测结果受光谱仪采集的延迟时间、两脉冲之间的脉冲延迟时间、双脉冲激光能量等因素的影响显著。确定最佳的试验条件为：光谱采集延迟时间为1 380 ns,脉冲延迟时间为25 ns,双脉冲激光能量为100 mJ。分别对铜元素324.7和327.4 nm的特征谱线进行定量分析,两谱线的检测限分别是3.5和4.84 μg·mL-1,且相对标准偏差都在10%以内。用500 μg·mL-1样品对特征谱线为324.7 nm所建立的定标曲线进行验证,反演得出该样品的浓度为446 μg·mL-1,相对误差为10.8%。研究表明DP-LIBS能够提高Cu元素的检测灵敏度,同时具有较高的稳定性。     

共线双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱技术检测铝合金中的Cr和Mn

采用两台波长1064 nm的调Q脉冲Nd ∶YAG激光器和多通道小型光纤光栅光谱仪,建立了一套共线双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱分析装置。与单脉冲激光诱导技术相比,在最佳双脉冲时间延时8 μs时,Mn I 403.07 nm和Cr I 425.43 nm的光谱强度分别增加了14.3倍和17.2倍,以这两条谱线为分析线,铝合金中Mn和Cr的检测限分别由单脉冲时的73和94.5 μg/g降低至双脉冲时的3.76和4.26 μg/g,检测灵敏度提高了约20倍。     

Plasma property effects on spectral line broadening in double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Double-pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) in an orthogonal configuration was used to investigate plasma temperature and electron density effects on Mg II emission spectral line broadening. The experiments were carried out with two Nd:YAG lasers, one operating at 355 nm for ablation and the other one at 1064 nm for plasma reheating in air at atmospheric pressure. Temporally resolved plasma temperature and electron density were measured at various delay times. Data in this study show prolonged emission of Mg II (280.27 nm) as well as enhancement of the signal intensity when using double-pulse excitation compared to the single-pulse case. An enhancement of ～8× was attained with a delay between the laser pulses equal to 1 μs. The enhancement was accompanied by higher plasma temperature and increased electron density. The double-pulse LIBS configuration provides energy to sustain the plasma emission at a period in time when the linewidth is minimum, thereby improving the analytical capabilities of low spectral resolution instrumentation typically used in LIBS system.     

Double-pulse LIBS of gadolinium oxide ablated by femto- and nano-second laser pulses

Emission characteristics of gadolinium (Gd) oxide are studied, using ns and fs laser pulses for ablation in double-pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). In the current conditions of pulse energy and signal detection timing, emission intensity enhancement in the reheating mode is 25-fold, but little effect can be observed in a pre-pulse mode. It is shown that the optimum focus position of the ablation pulse is about 5 mm apart from the sample surface in the reheating mode. Although little emission can be observed in the single-pulse configuration with fs ablation pulses, the intense emission can be observed in the reheating mode in the double-pulse configuration.     

皮秒双脉冲LA-LIBS对合金样品的微损元素分析

研究了基于一台皮秒Nd∶YAG激光器实现合金样品的双脉冲激光剥离-激光诱导击穿光谱(LA-LIBS)微损元素分析。实验采用低能量的532 nm二倍频激光烧蚀并剥离出微量样品,然后采用较高能量的延时1064 nm激光对剥离出的样品进行二次激发,以增强等离子体中的原子辐射强度和提高光谱检测灵敏度。实验分别研究了烧蚀激光脉冲和二次激发光脉冲的能量对信号强度的影响。在烧蚀激光脉冲能量为10 μJ,二次激发光脉冲能量为2.5 mJ的条件下,LA-LIBS中Cu Ⅰ 324.75 nm原子谱线的强度与单脉冲LIBS相比改善了86倍,激光烧蚀坑洞的直径小于10 μm。研究表明：基于一台皮秒Nd∶YAG激光器,采用双脉冲LA-LIBS技术可以较好地实现对固体样品的微损元素分析。该技术在贵重样品分析和高空间分辨的二维元素显微分析中具有一定的应用价值。     

多脉冲高能量强激光诱导产生Al等离子体发射光谱分析

 用Nd:YAG脉冲激光器产生的1.064 μm激光,在空气环境下作用于金属Al诱导产生等离子体,获得了不同能量以及多次脉冲烧蚀下的Al等离子体发射光谱,分析了谱线强度与能量变化之间的关系,实验结果表明：随激光能量的增加,谱线的信号强度明显增强;对等离子体光谱进行Lorentz线型拟合,获取了谱线的半高宽,以此来计算电子密度,得到了电子密度及信号强度随多脉冲强激光诱导次数的增加而逐渐下降的演化规律。     

Titanium plasma spectroscopy studies under double pulse laser excitation

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied for parametric studies of titanium (Ti) plasma using single and double pulsed laser excitation scheme. Here a pulsed Nd:YAG laser was employed for generation of laser produced plasma from solid Ti target at ambient pressure. Several ionized titanium lines were recorded in the 312–334 nm UV region. The temporal evolution of plasma parameters such as excitation temperature and electron number density was evaluated. The effect of incident laser irradiance, position of the laser beam focal point with respect to the surface of illumination, single and double laser pulse effect on plasma parameters were also investigated. This study contributes to a better understanding of the LIBS plasma dynamics of the double laser pulse effect on the temporal evolution of various Ti emission lines, the detection sensitivity and the optimal dynamics of plasma for ionized states of Ti. The results demonstrate a faster decay of the continuum and spectral lines and a shorter plasma life time for the double pulse excitation scheme as compared with single laser pulse excitation. For double pulse excitation technique, the emissions of Ti lines intensities are enhanced by a factor of five which could help in the improvement of analytical performance of LIBS technique. In addition, this study proved that to avoid inhomogeneous effects in the laser produced plasma under high laser intensities, short delay times between the incident laser pulse and ICCD gate are required.     

Double pulse UV laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of stainless steel

Results of experimental investigations of 304 austenitic stainless steel (ASS) ultraviolet spectral range by single and double pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) at atmospheric pressure are reported. Various parameters, such as laser energy, placement of the laser beam focus with respect to the surface of illumi-nation, and collinear double laser pulse delay were used as variables. This study contributes to a better under-standing of the LIBS plasma dynamics by observing the temporal evolution of various emission lines. Temperature measurements were made by the Boltzmann diagram method using singly ionized Fe lines, and electron densities were found from Stark broadening. The temporal behaviors of these parameters were also estimated. It was found that the electron temperature for double pulses is higher than that for single pulse of the same total energy. For double pulse LIBS, the iron line emission intensities are enhanced and the analytical performance is improved. For instance, the intensity of iron line Fe I 275.01 nm was a factor of about 300 times higher if a double pulse of 2 × 20 mJ was used instead of a single pulse of 40 mJ when focusing the beam 4.7 mm behind the target surface. Published in Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 79, No. 5, pp. 654–660, 2006.     

激光诱导熔穴对等离子体辐射增强效应的研究

采用高能量钕玻璃激光器输出的单脉冲激光重复作用于土壤样品表面同一位置,利用光谱采集系统对序列激光脉冲作用下形成的等离子体发射光谱进行采集。实验结果显示：在熔穴孔径的约束作用下,激光诱导产生的土壤等离子体辐射不断增强,谱线强度和信背比都随着作用脉冲个数的增加有不同幅度的提高。通过采集等离子体像及熔穴形貌的图片,对等离子体形状、激光诱导熔穴形貌以及激光烧蚀样品质量进行了研究,初步探究了激光诱导熔穴对等离子体辐射增强的内在机理。在序列激光脉冲作用下,所形成等离子体的体积先是逐渐增大,尾焰发生畸变,然后体积慢慢变小,并且颜色从浅黄色逐渐变为白色,意味着温度在不断升高。激光诱导熔穴的形状比较规则,从孔穴底部到顶部直径逐渐增大,基本成圆锥形。激光烧蚀样品质量随着脉冲个数的增加而递减。借助熔穴的约束作用、孔壁多次反射过程所产生的Fresnel(菲涅耳)吸收以及逆韧致辐射吸收提高了蒸发物质的原子化程度,增大了等离子体辐射强度。     

银饰品中铜杂质含量的激光剥离—激光诱导击穿光谱定量分析

正交双波长双脉冲的激光剥离—激光诱导击穿光谱技术能够在较少样品烧蚀的前提下获得高的光谱分析灵敏度,因此该技术可以从根本上解决在单脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱技术中空间分辨本领与光谱分析灵敏度之间的矛盾。为了消除在该光谱技术中的实验参数对光谱信号强度及其定量分析结果的影响,实验研究了银饰品中杂质铜的光谱信号与银元素的光谱信号的相关性。研究结果表明：324.75 nm的铜原子辐射线与328.07 nm的银原子辐射线的强度呈很高的线性相关性,因此选择以银328.07 nm的光谱线作为内标线,采用内标法就可以消除双光束激光的空间几何配置以及剥离激光脉冲能量等实验参数对铜原子辐射信号的影响,从而可以采用正交双波长双脉冲激光剥离——激光诱导击穿光谱技术开展银饰品中铜杂质含量的定量分析。选择银328.07 nm的光谱线作为内标线,基于内标法建立了铜的校正曲线。当激光烧蚀坑洞直径约为17 μm时, 当前实验条件下银饰品中铜元素的检出限可以达到44 ppm。     

激光能量对飞灰颗粒流中未燃碳LIBS检测影响研究

飞灰含碳量是评价锅炉燃烧效率的重要指标之一,对其进行在线测量有助于实时进行燃烧优化调整,从而提高整个机组的经济性和安全性。利用螺杆式给粉机搭建飞灰颗粒流含碳量测量台架,将脉冲激光直接作用于飞灰颗粒流,形成等离子体,利用激光诱导击穿光谱技术测量飞灰颗粒流中的含碳量信息。重点研究了激光能量对飞灰颗粒流中未燃碳有效激发和测量的影响规律。研究结果显示,在40～130 mJ能量的脉冲激光作用下,碳谱线强度随着激光能量的增大线性增强,而其信噪比则先增加后趋于稳定,无效光谱的剔除率则呈下降趋势。本实验条件下,激光能量在90～100 mJ之间,可得到较强的等离子体发射信号和较优的光谱数据利用率。因而激光能量与颗粒流的激发状态、碳元素特征谱线强度等密切相关。合理的激光能量有利于保证飞灰颗粒流的有效稳定激发,并获得具有良好信噪比的等离子体光谱信号。     

金纳米与磁场作用下LIBS检测灵敏度改善研究

针对激光诱导击穿光谱技术（LIBS）中等离子体的发射光谱增强问题,提出一种磁场增强LIBS与纳米颗粒增强LIBS（NELIBS）相结合的方法。采用热蒸发法在样品表面沉积一层直径20 nm的金纳米颗粒。利用波长为1 064 nm,最大能量为200 mJ的Nd∶YAG脉冲激光器在室温,一个标准大气压下对纯铜和黄铜进行诱导击穿。调整激光能量为30~110 mJ,分别使用传统LIBS、磁场增强LIBS、NELIBS以及两种方法结合对纯铜进行激光诱导击穿,得到特征谱线(Cu Ⅰ 521.8 nm)的强度增强因子和信噪比,并对其增强机理进行分析。在相同环境下使用四种方式对黄铜和纯铜进行诱导击穿以探测样品中的微量元素。当在样品表面沉淀金纳米颗粒或者将沉淀有金纳米颗粒的样品放在磁场中进行诱导击穿时,发现纯铜样品的光谱中存在Mg元素的特征谱线Mg Ⅱ 279.569 nm,黄铜样品的光谱中存在Si元素的特征谱线 Si Ⅰ 251.611 nm。实验结果表明：单独施加磁场约束或增加纳米金颗粒均可以有效增强等离子体光谱强度,但增强效果弱于两种方法结合,磁场约束对光谱的增强效果弱于NELIBS的增强效果。当结合NELIBS与磁场约束LIBS时,谱线增强因子最高可达14.3(Cu Ⅰ 521.8 nm),相比于磁场增强LIBS和NELIBS,最大增强因子分别提高了28%和59%。四种情况中当激光脉冲能量逐渐增大时,等离子体向外膨胀的强度增大,磁场产生的洛伦兹力束缚等离子的能力相对减弱,同时纳米金颗粒对等离子体发射光谱的增强作用被削弱,谱线强度降低,等离子体的增强因子逐渐减小后趋于稳定。通过NELIBS与磁场约束LIBS结合方式,不仅可以有效提高等离子体的发射谱线强度,改善光谱信号信噪比,而且传统LIBS方法中由于谱线强度低、背景噪声大而无法探测的微量元素可以被探测到,LIBS技术对微量元素的探测能力得到显著提高,微量元素的探测下限变得更低。NELIBS与磁场约束LIBS结合的方法具有更高的灵敏度和准确度,为激光诱导击穿光谱技术的谱线增强方法提供了新的思路,在该领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

碳涂层对激光诱导金属等离子体辐射强度的影响

为了降低样品表面对激光束的反射率,提高激光诱导等离子体的辐射强度,文章报道了一种在钢样品表面涂抹碳层的方法.实验结果表明,当一束高能量激光(～25 D作用于覆盖有适当厚度碳涂层的钢样品时,激光等离子体发射的谱线强度提高了10%～28%.为解释谱线强度增强的机理,测量了等离子体的激发温度.此外,实验研究还发现,更强的原子发射光谱出现在激光等离子体径向的1 mm处,而不是在其中心位置.     

Laser ablation fast pulse discharge plasma spectroscopy analysis of Pb,Mg and Sn in soil

Laser ablation fast pulse discharge plasma spectroscopy (LA-FPDPS) technique is a recently developed atomic emission analytical technique that is analogous to dual pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (DP-LIBS). LA-FPDPS, however, uses a periodical oscillating discharge plasma generation method on samples instead of the second laser beam in DP-LIBS. Here we describe the electric characteristics and its application to the analysis of Pb, Mg and Sn in soil. Due to the fast discharge process, the peak power deposition rate is up to 1.5 MW, although the discharge energy is relatively small. The main energy deposition process only last for ~ 4 μs. From the measured spectra, calibration curves for Pb, Mg and Sn in soil were derived and the limits of detection were 1.5 μg/g, 34 μg/g and 0.16 μg/g respectively.