8. Glossary – Definitions
Analyse in situ ; in situ analysis
Analysis carried out on site, without sampling or moving the sample.
Auto-absorption; self-absorption
Reabsorption of a photon emitted at the plasma center by the plasma periphery. Self-absorption leads to a decrease in the measured light intensity.
Bremsstrahlung (or continuum)
An effect that causes free electrons in plasma to emit light when they are decelerated during collisions with other particles. It is also known as synchrotron radiation. In LIBS, it leads to the production of a continuum of light.
Bremsstrahlung inverse
Reciprocal effect of the Bremsstrahlung effect, consisting in the absorption of laser photons by free electrons when they collide with other particles. In...
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Bibliography
Digital media
Atomic emission line database http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Handbook/periodictable.htmhttp://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/ASD/lines_form.html
Websites
LinkedIn Group on LIBS http://www.linkedin.com
LIBS Club of the French Optical Society http://www.libs-france.com/
ChemCam team (LIBS instrument on the Curiosity rover) http://www.msl-chemcam.com/
...Events
LIBS: biennial international congress (even-numbered years)
EMSLIBS (Euro-Mediterannean symposium on LIBS): biennial international congress (odd-numbered years)
Journées LIBS France: two-day French LIBS conference/workshop, held every one to two years http://libs-france.com/
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