Chapter 1: LIBS Imaging fundamentals

1.1. LIBS

In Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy or Laser Spark Spectroscopy we use laser to make a spark on the sample, ] collect the light of the spark to a spectrometer, which disperses the light into its different wavelengths i.e colors and measures how much of each there is. ] ![libsprocess]](/assets/libsfundamentals/libsprosessi_alku.png)]

This is an atomic emission spectrum of the sample which reveals us how much of each element was in the spark made from the sample.

1.2 LIBS Imaging

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