Note on terminology of

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy LIBS,

Laser Spark Spectroscopy,

or Laser Plasma Spectroscopy.

LIBS is a nice abbreviation but laser spark spectroscopy is a much better term in explaining and understanding what is it about. In laser spark spectroscopy a laser is used to make spark which is measured with a spectroscope. So it is laser spark spectroscopy. "induced" adds nothing of value and "breakdown" is much more ambiguous and difficult to understand than "spark". So I prefer to call it laser spark spectroscopy even if that doesn't abbreviate as nicely as laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LSS vs LIBS). I use the three terms synonymously in my text.

In Finnish I prefer the term laserplasmaspektroskopia but use also laserkipinäspektroskopia to clarify.