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Combining Raman and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy by double pulse lasing

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A new approach combining Raman spectrometry and laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) within a single laser event was suggested. A pulsed solid state Nd:YAG laser running in double pulse mode (two frequency-doubled sequential nanosecond laser pulses with dozens microseconds delay) was used to combine two spectrometry methods within a single instrument (Raman/LIBS spectrometer). First, a low-energy laser pulse (power density far below ablation threshold) was used for Raman measurements while a second powerful laser pulse created the plasma suitable for LIBS analysis. A short time delay between two successive pulses allows measuring LIBS and Raman spectra at different moments but within a single laser flash-lamp pumping. Principal advantages of the developed instrument include high quality Raman/LIBS spectra acquisition (due to optimal gating for Raman/LIBS independently) and absence of target thermal alteration during Raman measurements. A series of high quality Raman and LIBS spectra were acquired for inorganic salts (gypsum, anhydrite) as well as for pharmaceutical samples (acetylsalicylic acid). To the best of our knowledge, the quantitative analysis feasibility by combined Raman/LIBS instrument was demonstrated for the first time by calibration curves construction for acetylsalicylic acid (Raman) and copper (LIBS) in gypsum matrix. Combining ablation pulses and Raman measurements (LIBS/Raman measurements) within a single instrument makes it an efficient tool for identification of samples hidden by non-transparent covering or performing depth profiling analysis including remote sensing.

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Acknowledgements

This work was performed with support of the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (grants 15-03-09154, 15-38-70025). V.N.L. gratefully acknowledges financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (agreement No. 16-19-10656). Some Raman spectra were run on a Perkin-Elmer RamanStation-400 spectrometer belonging to the Corporate Pool of Scientific Instrumentation and Services – New Materials and Technologies of the Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. The authors acknowledge the anonymous referee for fruitful discussion. V.B.O. acknowledges the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for financial support (contract 3.6634.2017/6.7).

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  1. National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Leninsky Ave. 4, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Vasily N. Lednev & Pavel A. Sdvizhenskii

  2. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Vavilov Str. 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Vasily N. Lednev, Sergey M. Pershin, Mikhail Ya. Grishin, Alexander N. Fedorov & Vladimir V. Bukin

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, 141701, Russia

    Mikhail Ya. Grishin

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    Vadim B. Oshurko

  5. Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Kosygin St., Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Alexander N. Shchegolikhin

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Lednev, V.N., Pershin, S.M., Sdvizhenskii, P.A. et al. Combining Raman and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy by double pulse lasing. Anal Bioanal Chem 410, 277–286 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-017-0719-6

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