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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Applied Spectra, Inc., West Sacramento, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jong Hyun Yoo, West Sacramento, CA (US);

Chunyi Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Richard E. Russo, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Spectra, Inc., West Sacramento, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/71 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/04 (2014.01); H01J 49/10 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/718 (2013.01); B23K 26/048 (2013.01); H01J 49/0004 (2013.01); H01J 49/0463 (2013.01); H01J 49/0468 (2013.01); H01J 49/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus for laser induced ablation spectroscopy (LIBS) is disclosed. An apparatus can have a computer, a pulsed laser and a lightguide fiber bundle that is subdivided into branches. One branch can convey a first portion of the light to a first optical spectrometer and a different branch can convey a second portion of the light to another optical spectrometer. The first spectrometer can be relatively wideband to analyze a relative wide spectral segment and the other spectrometer can be high dispersion to measure minor concentrations. The apparatus can have a plurality of spectrometers with distinct and/or complementary capabilities, and can include an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer and data and instructions in tangible media operable to obtain a synergistic composition analysis based on optical spectra and ion mass to charge ratio peaks from the mass spectrometer.


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