Abstract:The sliding spark plasma -which is produced via ablation of a dielectric material enforced between a pair of electrodes by a pulsed high-voltage discharge propagating along the dielectric surface -has immense potential as a simple but novel spectroscopic source for direct in situ quantitative analysis of nonconducting samples, a ubiquitous theme in material characterization. The plasma-excited optical spectrum spans a broad spectral range Vacuum Ultra Violet-Near Infra Red (VUV-NIR) and carries the atomic and … Show more
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