不同样品温度下聚焦透镜到样品表面距离对激光诱导铜击穿光谱的影响

研究了不同温度下聚焦透镜到样品表面距离对激光诱导击穿光谱(laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,LIBS)强度的影响,使用Nd:YAG脉冲激光激发样品并产生等离子体,探测的等离子体发射的光谱线为Cu(Ⅰ)510.55 nm,Cu(Ⅰ)515.32 nm和Cu(Ⅰ)521.82 nm.使用透镜的焦距为200 mm,测量的聚焦透镜到样品表面距离的范围为170—200 mm,样品温度从25℃升高到270℃,激光能量为26 mJ.总体上,升高样品温度能有效地提高LIBS光谱的辐射强度.在25℃和100℃时,光谱强度随着聚焦透镜到样品表面距离的增加而单调增加;在样品温度更高(150, 200, 250和270℃)时,光谱强度随着距离的增加出现先升高而后又降低的变化.同时,在样品接近焦点附近,随着样品温度的升高,LIBS光谱强度的变化不明显,还可能出现光谱强度随着样品温度升高而降低的情况,这在通过升高样品温度来提高LIBS光谱强度中特别值得我们注意.为了更进一步了解这两个条件对LIBS的影响,计算了等离子体温度和电子密度,发现等离子体温度和电子密度的变化与光谱强度的变化几乎一致,更高样品温度下产生的等离子体温度和电子密度更高.     

激光诱导击穿光谱应用于三种水果样品微量元素的分析

激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)在植物样品上面的应用是一个较新的课题. 为将LIBS技术能实际应用于与食品安全相关的领域,实验中对三种真空冻干水果样品进行了初步LIBS实验研究,鉴别了其LIBS光谱,并选取典型光谱线,运用统计学方法分析比较了三种水果中Ca,Na,K,Fe,Al,Mg六种元素含量的差别. 实验结果表明,苹果中Na的含量最高,Ca的含量最低,三种水果样品中的K,Fe,Mg等元素含量也都有差异. 实验结果还表明LIBS技术是一种检测、对比植物样品中微量元素含量的有效手段. 关键词： 激光诱导击穿光谱 等离子体 植物样品 微量元素     

空间约束对激光诱导等离子体演化和光谱的影响

应用纳秒脉冲激光烧蚀铝的动力学模型分析了激光诱导等离子体的演化过程。通过设置有无空腔的不同情况,研究和讨论了空间约束对等离子体和光谱信号的影响,并得到了等离子体演化过程中的电子温度和电子数密度。基于局域热平衡的假设,计算了铝在396.15 nm波长处的谱线强度。与无空腔条件下产生的等离子体相比,有空腔时等离子体的电子温度和电子数密度都明显提高。随着空腔宽度的增加,增强效果减弱,光谱信号强度先升后降,在空腔宽度为1.4 cm处获得最大值。建立了实验装置,实验结果与仿真结果吻合得较好,在同一宽度下得到了最大的信号强度值。模拟和实验结果提供了膨胀过程中等离子体空间和时间分布的数值信息,并解释了空腔存在对等离子体演化产生影响的机制。     

采用激光诱导击穿光谱技术探测等离子体温度

阐述了激光诱导击穿技术的基本原理,研究了激光诱导击穿光谱技术在探测等离子体温度方面的应用,并进行了实验研究。在等离子体达到局部热平衡时,通过探测Cu的等离子体特征谱线相对强度的方法,达到用激光诱导击穿光谱技术探测等离子体温度的目的。实验结果表明,该方法方便、快捷,具有一定的实际应用价值。     

用激光诱导击穿光谱技术比较土豆和百合中的微量元素

激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)已成功地运用于固体、液体、气体样品中微量元素的测量以及微生物、细菌等的鉴别分析上,而在植物样品上面的应用则是一个较新的课题。该实验用纳秒Nd∶YAG激光器击穿真空冻干的土豆、百合样品,用光纤光谱仪测量了其LIBS光谱。通过鉴别、分析LIBS光谱,得到了这两种样品中微量元素的成分。并且对土豆干和百合干中Ca,Na,K,Fe,Al,Mg六种金属元素典型谱线的强度进行了统计分析,并由此得到了样品中这六种微量元素含量的对比情况。实验结果表明土豆干中的Ca和Na等含量都明显高于百合干,而百合干中Mg的含量较高。实验结果还表明用LIBS技术检测、对比冻干植物样品中微量元素含量是一种快速、有效的分析方法。     

激光诱导击穿火焰等离子体光谱研究

采用PI-MAX-II型增强型电荷耦合器件, 用Nd:YAG纳秒脉冲激光器输出的1064 nm强光束击穿在一个大气压的空气中燃烧的酒精灯火焰, 对激光诱导击穿酒精灯火焰产生的等离子体光谱进行了初步研究. 根据美国国家标准与技术研究院原子发射谱线数据库, 对等离子体中的主要元素的特征谱线进行了标识和归属. 通过激光诱导击穿空气等离子体光谱、激光诱导击穿酒精灯火焰等离子体光谱、激光诱导酒精喷灯火焰等离子体光谱的对比分析, 发现不同燃烧状况下的光谱中各原子谱线的相对强度是不同的. 这些结果对于使用激光诱导击穿技术分析和研究碳氢燃料在空气中的燃烧特性具有重要的意义和参考价值, 同时也为将该技术应用于燃烧诊断提供了实验依据.     

新型便携式激光诱导击穿光谱系统综述

本文主要综述了国内外便携式激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)系统的研究进展和应用情况。目前该系统主要针对金属元素进行检测,对非金属等轻元素的定量分析需要较大能量的激光激发,但受限于激光器和光谱仪等组件体积的影响,研发便携式、高精度LIBS系统有较高难度。本文针对全元素检测便携设备的研发,利用限域和高压放电脉冲得到了增强的LIBS信号,降低了激光能量,从物理机理上给出了便携式LIBS设备研发的新方向。     

样品温度对激光诱导土壤等离子体辐射特性的影响

为了研究样品温度对激光诱导等离子体辐射特性的影响,以国家标准土壤样品为靶,在空气中利用波长为1 064nm的Nd∶YAG纳秒脉冲激光烧蚀不同温度(≤350℃)下的片状样品,测量了激光诱导等离子体的发射光谱强度和信噪比,计算了光谱分析检出限和信号的测量准确度.实验结果表明,当能量为200mJ时,随着样品温度的升高,等离子体辐射逐渐增强,并且在样品温度为300℃时达到最大值.计算表明,元素Al、Mg、Ba和Fe在300℃样品温度时的光谱线强度比室温条件下分别提高了67%、58%、61%和52%,信噪比分别增大了41%、51%、28%和38%,且元素分析检出限和光谱信号稳定性均有改善.升高样品温度有利于改善激光光谱的质量.     

非平坦样品激光诱导等离子体光谱特性研究

激光诱导击穿光谱（LIBS）作为一种快速、实时的元素分析技术,由于其在痕量元素探测、地质环境监测等领域有着广阔的应用前景,而受到人们极大的关注。在实际应用中,样品表面是影响等离子体产生及其特性的关键环境因素之一。在大气环境下,利用脉宽为8 ns、波长为1 064 nm的纳秒脉冲激光产生等离子体,对比研究了天然岩石样品在非平坦和平坦表面条件下等离子体的发射光谱。基于激光辅助辐射波模型,阐释了非平坦样品表面对其光谱特性的影响。通过对比等离子体时间积分光谱,发现非平坦样品的谱线强度相比于平坦样品的谱线强度减弱了近70%,该结果说明非平坦样品表面对LIBS真实测量数据的负面影响不可忽视。针对褐铁矿样品中的谱线Fe Ⅰ 404.58 nm和Fe Ⅰ 438.35 nm,研究了在平坦和非平坦样品表面下的峰值强度以及其衰减因子随激光能量的变化规律,结果表明非平坦样品表面条件下采集的光谱强度始终低于平坦样品表面的光谱强度。光谱强度的衰减因子先随激光能量增大而逐渐降低,并在激光能量33 mJ达到最小值,后随激光能量的进一步增大而增大。实验结果进一步表明在非平坦样品表面条件下产生了密度较低的等离子体,并且非平坦与平坦样品的电子密度的比值在激光能量33 mJ时达到最小,此结果与光谱强度的衰减因子随激光能量的变化趋势一致,这是源于非平坦样品表面会形成较大激光入射角度,使得激光等离子体能量吸收区厚度变薄,产生等离子体屏蔽效应所对应的激光能量阈值升高。此外,样品表面状态和激光能量对等离子体温度的影响甚微。阐述了非正入射时等离子体特征参数与正入射时等离子体特征参数的联系和差异,揭示了非平坦样品激光等离子体特征参量变化的内在物理机制,为室外LIBS探测技术在元素定性和定量分析中光谱强度的校正提供参考。     

平板约束下激光诱导等离子体的动态仿真

为深入认识空间约束增强的物理机理,采用二维可压缩流体模型,建立平板约束下激光诱导等离子体动力学行为的数值模拟模型,计算了平板约束下等离子体的演化过程,得到的一系列时间分辨的温度分布结果与实验结果基本一致.揭示了平板约束下,反射激波对等离子体的压缩作用导致等离子体温度升高的机理.对不同激光能量和不同约束板间距对等离子体温度增强效果和增强时刻的影响进行了研究,两板间距增加,增强时刻明显延迟,等离子体温度的增强效果削弱.     

Study on parameters influencing analytical performance of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Lens-to-sample distances, delay time, atmospheric condition, laser pulse energy, etc. had obvious effects on the analytical performance of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. In this paper, these parameters are investigated in greater detail and we will explain how they have influences on the analytical performance. The results show that the focal plane under the sample surface can improve precision and detection limit, and the delay time should be decided according to sensitivity and accuracy. Spectral line intensity is stronger in argon than helium, nitrogen and air gas environment. Pulse energy should exceed energy threshold (about 50 mJ) which can generate plasma, and the energy should not exceed about 300 mJ to avoid plasma shielding. Under optimum parameters, concentration relative standard deviation of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Ni, and Cr for low-alloyed steel (sample number 11278) which were measured 11 times is 2.37%, 2.18%, 2.23%, 7.8%, 9.34%, 1.92%, and 2.13%, respectively. And the detection limit of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Ni, and Cr for pure steel is 0.0045%, 0.0072%, 0.0069%, 0.0027%, 0.0024%, 0.0047%, and 0.0024%, respectively.     

用激光感生击穿光谱对大气进行定量分析

研究将激光感生击穿光谱技术用于元素定量分析的可行性。利用Nd∶YAG激光器发出的激光与一个大气压下的空气相互作用产生激光等离子体，等离子体的光经单色仪分光后转化为电信号进入计算机，存储了600～800nm的等离子体光谱数据。利用自由定标模型对等离子体进行了分析。在延迟时间8μs、采样门宽0.4μs时，利用二维波尔兹曼平面得到了大气等离子体处于局部热平衡时的温度（1.62×10K）。在假设空气全部由N和O组成的条件下由自由定标模型得到了空气中氧的含量（20.75%）和氮的含量（79.25%）。试验结果与实际吻合得很好。实验证实了用激光感生击穿光谱对大气进行定量分析是可行的，为大气污染监测研究和试验工作奠定了基础。     

Double-pulse neodymium YAG/Carbon dioxide laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for excitation of bulk and trace analytes

The mechanisms involved in signal enhancement and persistence of the plasma in double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy are investigated, and their implications to improving figures of merit for bulk and trace analytes in sample are discussed. For double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, 1064 nm neodymium YAG laser is used for ablation and 10.6 µm transversely excited atmospheric carbon dioxide laser in near-collinear geometry is used for reheating. Significant improvement in signal detection and sensitivity of both bulk and trace analytes using double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy as compared to conventional single-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy are observed. Using double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in near-collinear geometry, Cu and Fe as bulk and trace analytes, respectively, in brass sample, showed 5 and 6 times improvement in persistence of the spectral emission. Temporal and time-integrated studies show that ionic lines are significantly enhanced compared to neutral lines. Plasma characterization employing spectroscopic methods showed significant enhancement in plasma temperature resulting in higher signal as well as increased plasma persistence of the species studied.     

Effects of pulse energy ratios on plasma characteristics of dual-pulse fiber-optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Laser-induced plasmas of dual-pulse fiber-optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with different pulse energy ratios are studied by using the optical emission spectroscopy(OES)and fast imaging.The energy of the two laser pulses is independently adjusted within 0–30 m J with the total energy fixed at 30 m J.The inter-pulse delay remains 450 ns constantly.As the energy share of the first pulse increases,a similar bimodal variation trend of line intensities is observed.The two peaks are obtained at the point where the first pulse is half or twice of the second one,and the maximum spectral enhancement is at the first peak.The bimodal variation trend is induced by the change in the dominated mechanism of dual-pulse excitation with the trough between the two peaks caused by the weak coupling between the two mechanisms.By increasing the first pulse energy,there is a transition from the ablation enhancement dominance near the first peak to the plasma reheating dominance near the second peak.The calculations of plasma temperature and electron number density are consistent with the bimodal trend,which have the values of 17024.47 K,2.75×10¹⁷cm;and 12215.93 K,1.17×10¹⁷cm;at a time delay of 550 ns.In addition,the difference between the two peaks decreases with time delay.With the increase in the first pulse energy share,the plasma morphology undergoes a transformation from hemispherical to shiny-dot and to oblate-cylinder structure during the second laser irradiation from the recorded images by using an intensified charge-coupled device(ICCD)camera.Correspondingly,the peak expansion distance of the plasma front first decreases significantly from 1.99 mm in the single-pulse case to 1.34 mm at 12/18(dominated by ablation enhancement)and then increases slightly with increasing the plasma reheating effect.The variations in plasma dynamics verify that the change of pulse energy ratios leads to a transformation in the dual-pulse excitation mechanism.     

激光诱导Ca等离子体温度的实验研究

等离子体温度是激光诱导击穿光谱测量中一个重要的因素。采用Nd:YAG脉冲激光器作为光源击穿样品形成等离子体,其发射光谱由中阶梯光栅光谱仪和ICCD进行分光和光电转换。通过实验得出了300~450 nm波段的光谱图,定性分析出了Ca Ⅱ 315.9, 317.9, 393.4, 396.9 nm和Ca Ⅰ 422.7 nm等发射谱线。根据激光诱导击穿光谱定量公式,等离子体温度的变化对谱线强度有影响。先假设实验中等离子体处于局部热平衡状态,选用Ca的4条一价离子谱线,根据Boltzmann斜线法计算出了等离子体温度,并得到了等离子体温度与Ca质量分数的关系。随着Ca质量分数的增加,等离子体温度也相应增加。但当Ca质量分数小于0.50%时等离子体温度增加的幅度较小,而质量分数大于0.50%时等离子体温度的上升幅度相对较大。最后经过验证,实验中等离子体处于局部热平衡状态的假设成立。     

Detection of explosives with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Our recent work on the detection of explosives by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is reviewed in this paper. We have studied the physical mechanism of laser-induced plasma of an organic explosive, TNT. The LIBS spectra of TNT under single-photon excitation are simulated using MATLAB. The variations of the atomic emission lines intensities of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen versus the plasma temperature are simulated too. We also investigate the time-resolved LIBS spectra of a common inorganic explosive, black powder, in two kinds of surrounding atmospheres, air and argon, and find that the maximum value of the O atomic emission line SBR of black powder occurs at a gate delay of 596 ns. Another focus of our work is on using chemometic methods such as principle component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) to distinguish the organic explosives from organic materials such as plastics. A PLS-DA model for classification is built. TNT and seven types of plastics are chosen as samples to test the model. The experimental results demonstrate that LIBS coupled with the chemometric techniques has the capacity to discriminate organic explosive from plastics.     

A review of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy signal enhancement

A review of the methods of signal enhancement in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is presented. Conventional LIBS suffers from disadvantages of low sensitivity and high limits of detection compared with other analytical techniques, such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. During the last two decades, various methods have been applied to LIBS in order to realize highly quantitative and qualitative analysis. Current approaches include double-pulse excitation, spatial or magnetic confinement, spark discharge, etc. Different configurations of experimental setups and conditions are suggested for the realization of these improved techniques, while various parameters influence significantly on the enhancement effect. With the aim to study the laser ablation process and characterize the effectiveness of each method, several parameters such as plasma volume and emission intensity are reviewed. Several suggestions are proposed to explain the mechanism of each enhancement method. These modified techniques have been applied on various materials and fields.