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Spatially resolved, line-of-sight measurements of aluminum monoxide emission spectra in laser ablation plasma are used with Abel inversion techniques to extract radial plasma temperatures. Contour mapping of the radially deconvolved signal intensity shows a ring of AlO formation near the plasma boundary with the ambient atmosphere. Simulations of the molecular spectra were coupled with the line profile fitting routines. Temperature results are presented with simultaneous inferences from lateral, asymmetric radial, and symmetric radial AlO spectral intensity profiles. This analysis indicates that shockwave phenomena in the radial profiles, including a temperature drop behind the blast wave created during plasma initiation were measured.
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Yang CSC, Jin F, Swaminathan SR, Patel S, Ramer ED, Trivedi SB, Brown EE, Hommerich U, Samuels AC. Comprehensive study of solid pharmaceutical tablets in visible, near infrared (NIR), and longwave infrared (LWIR) spectral regions using a rapid simultaneous ultraviolet/visible/NIR (UVN) + LWIR laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy linear arrays detection system and a fast acousto-optic tunable filter NIR spectrometer. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:26885-26897. [PMID: 29092172 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.026885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This is the first report of a simultaneous ultraviolet/visible/NIR and longwave infrared laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (UVN + LWIR LIBS) measurement. In our attempt to study the feasibility of combining the newly developed rapid LWIR LIBS linear array detection system to existing rapid analytical techniques for a wide range of chemical analysis applications, two different solid pharmaceutical tablets, Tylenol arthritis pain and Bufferin, were studied using both a recently designed simultaneous UVN + LWIR LIBS detection system and a fast AOTF NIR (1200 to 2200 nm) spectrometer. Every simultaneous UVN + LWIR LIBS emission spectrum in this work was initiated by one single laser pulse-induced micro-plasma in the ambient air atmosphere. Distinct atomic and molecular LIBS emission signatures of the target compounds measured simultaneously in UVN (200 to 1100 nm) and LWIR (5.6 to 10 µm) spectral regions are readily detected and identified without the need to employ complex data processing. In depth profiling studies of these two pharmaceutical tablets without any sample preparation, one can easily monitor the transition of the dominant LWIR emission signatures from coating ingredients gradually to the pharmaceutical ingredients underneath the coating. The observed LWIR LIBS emission signatures provide complementary molecular information to the UVN LIBS signatures, thus adding robustness to identification procedures. LIBS techniques are more surface specific while NIR spectroscopy has the capability to probe more bulk materials with its greater penetration depth. Both UVN + LWIR LIBS and NIR absorption spectroscopy have shown the capabilities of acquiring useful target analyte spectral signatures in comparable short time scales. The addition of a rapid LWIR spectroscopic probe to these widely used optical analytical methods, such as NIR spectroscopy and UVN LIBS, may greatly enhance the capability and accuracy of the combined system for a comprehensive analysis.
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He Q, Li D, He Y, Guan T, Zhang Y, Shen Z, Chen X, Liu S, Lu B, Ji Y. Optical demodulation system for digitally encoded suspension array in fluoroimmunoassay. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:1-7. [PMID: 28936825 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.9.097003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy-coupled optical system is reported to demodulate digitally encoded suspension array in fluoroimmunoassay. It takes advantage of the plasma emissions of assembled elemental materials to digitally decode the suspension array, providing a more stable and accurate recognition to target biomolecules. By separating the decoding procedure of suspension array and adsorption quantity calculation of biomolecules into two independent channels, the cross talk between decoding and label signals in traditional methods had been successfully avoided, which promoted the accuracy of both processes and realized more sensitive quantitative detection of target biomolecules. We carried a multiplexed detection of several types of anti-IgG to verify the quantitative analysis performance of the system. A limit of detection of 1.48×10-10 M was achieved, demonstrating the detection sensitivity of the optical demodulation system.
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- Qinghua He
- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of, China
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- South China Normal University, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- South China Normal University, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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Parigger CG, Woods AC, Witte MJ, Swafford LD, Surmick DM. Measurement and analysis of atomic hydrogen and diatomic molecular AlO, C2, CN, and TiO spectra following laser-induced optical breakdown. J Vis Exp 2014:e51250. [PMID: 24561875 DOI: 10.3791/51250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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In this work, we present time-resolved measurements of atomic and diatomic spectra following laser-induced optical breakdown. A typical LIBS arrangement is used. Here we operate a Nd:YAG laser at a frequency of 10 Hz at the fundamental wavelength of 1,064 nm. The 14 nsec pulses with anenergy of 190 mJ/pulse are focused to a 50 µm spot size to generate a plasma from optical breakdown or laser ablation in air. The microplasma is imaged onto the entrance slit of a 0.6 m spectrometer, and spectra are recorded using an 1,800 grooves/mm grating an intensified linear diode array and optical multichannel analyzer (OMA) or an ICCD. Of interest are Stark-broadened atomic lines of the hydrogen Balmer series to infer electron density. We also elaborate on temperature measurements from diatomic emission spectra of aluminum monoxide (AlO), carbon (C2), cyanogen (CN), and titanium monoxide (TiO). The experimental procedures include wavelength and sensitivity calibrations. Analysis of the recorded molecular spectra is accomplished by the fitting of data with tabulated line strengths. Furthermore, Monte-Carlo type simulations are performed to estimate the error margins. Time-resolved measurements are essential for the transient plasma commonly encountered in LIBS.
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- Department of Physics, University of Tennessee Space Institute
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- Department of Physics, University of Tennessee Space Institute
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