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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2006
Applicants:

Pamela King Benicewicz, Loudonville, NY (US);

Pavel Alexeyevich Fomitchov, New York, NY (US);

Elena Rozier, Schenectady, NY (US);

John Ruediger Mader Viertl, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Tymm Bradner Schumaker, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);

Inventors:

Pamela King Benicewicz, Loudonville, NY (US);

Pavel Alexeyevich Fomitchov, New York, NY (US);

Elena Rozier, Schenectady, NY (US);

John Ruediger Mader Viertl, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Tymm Bradner Schumaker, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/443 (2006.01); G01J 3/30 (2006.01); G01N 21/63 (2006.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An in-situ laser plasma spectroscopy (LPS) system for automated near real-time elemental depth profiling of a target including: an optical source configured to generate an optical beam, wherein the optical beam is pulsed; an optical probe system configured to deliver the optical beam from the optical source to a surface of a target to generate an ablation plasma; a time resolved spectral detection system configured to generate time resolved spectral data from emission signals from the ablation plasma; and a data acquisition and processing system configured to acquire the time resolved spectral data to determine, in combination with predetermined calibration data, an absolute elemental concentration as a function of depth in near real-time.


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