Abstract

It is told that Theodore Maiman called the first operating laser source he and his co-worker Charles Asawa realized 60 years ago [...]

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  • First experiments have shown the broad range of possible applications for laser irradiation such as a tool in materials processing [2] or an excitation source in emission spectroscopy [3]

  • A certain portion of the solid, liquid or gaseous sample material is transferred into the plasma state, either by initial melting and subsequent vaporization or by phase explosion, i.e., the direct transition of solid matter into the gaseous condition of aggregation

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Summary

Introduction

Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. First experiments have shown the broad range of possible applications for laser irradiation such as a tool in materials processing [2] or an excitation source in emission spectroscopy [3]. The latter application, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is one of the oldest laser applications and can be regarded as a very basic utilization of direct laser–matter interactions.

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