LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN

SPECTROSCOPY
(LIBS)

Photonics Presentation
MAHEEN RAHMAN (2019219)
ARMUGHAN DANYAL (2019083)
 SUMMARY OF LIBS

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is an elemental analytical technique

with the ability to detect and quantify elemental composition (both heavy and light
elements) in a solid, liquid or even gas state. LIBS involves the creation of a high
temperature plasma above the sample. This plasma is created by laser pulse from a
laser source. When the micron-sized laser beam is focused onto the sample surface, a
small volume (micrograms) of the sample mass is ablated. When the laser
pulse/plasma creation is complete, the plasma starts to cool. It’s during this process
that the electrons of the atoms and ions at the excited electronic states fall down into
natural ground states. This causes the plasma to emit light with characteristic spectral
peaks. The emitted light is collected and transmitted to the spectrometer/CCD
package for LIBS analysis. Each element in the periodic table has a number of
unique LIBS’ spectral peaks. These peaks are collected and integrated to calculate
concentration of materials, such as metal alloys.
LIBS, unlike the other popular analytical technique of X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), is
inherently more sensitive and better suited for light element detection - such as
aluminum (Al), lithium (Li), magnesium (Mg), and beryllium (Be).
THE BASIC DIAGRAM OF HOW LIBS
WORK
 VIDEO RELATED TO EXCITATION OF
ELECTRONS IN THE SAMPLE
Transfer of electron to outer shell

Ejection of electrons (moving to

higher energy state )

emission of Element
specific light
LIBS FOR TYPICAL METALLIC
ELEMENTS
 USES AND APPLICATION OF LIBS

USES IN MEASUREMENTS • INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

1. Mineral, Rock, Sediment, and Soil 1. Semiconductor
Analysis
2. Gemology
2. Pollution Monitoring
3. Polar Ice Research
4. Space Exploration
 REFERENCES

Retrieved from https://www.analyticon.eu/en/libs.html

https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=13953
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ji0z4grTU