Issue 1, 2016

Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Abstract

The presented review summarizes nearly two decades of studies on femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectrometry (fs-LIBS). When an ultra-short (<1 ps) laser pulse is used for ablation, the physics of laser-induced plasma changes dramatically in comparison with ablation by pico or nanosecond pulses. A femtosecond laser pulse interacts only with the electron subsystem, while nanosecond pulses continuously interact with different thermodynamic states of material, starting from solid through liquid into plasma. The properties of ultra-short laser radiation, the timescale of fs-laser ablation and the radiative properties of fs plasma are briefly described. We consider the advantages of fs-LIBS, namely, low ablation thresholds, high-spatial resolution, and rapid analysis of samples, which require minimal invasion and allow high-efficiency transportation of laser radiation in filamentation mode for remote analysis. Moreover, we discussed possible limitations of the technique and different approaches to overcome such constraints while retaining the unique possibilities of fs-LIBS.

Graphical abstract: Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
23 Jul 2015
Accepted
30 Okt 2015
First published
30 Okt 2015

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2016,31, 90-118

Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

T. A. Labutin, V. N. Lednev, A. A. Ilyin and A. M. Popov, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2016, 31, 90 DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00301F

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