Personal Retrospective on the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

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Personal Retrospective on the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

Christian G. Parigger ^{1,2 ,*}

1 . CGP Consulting LLC, 361 Jack Thomas Drive, Manchester, TN 37355, USA
2 . Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Center for Laser Applications, 411 B.H. Goethert Parkway, Tullahoma, TN 37388-9700, USA

* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Published in Journal of Fundamental and Observational Physics and Astrophysics ( Volume 1, Issue 1 )

Received: 10 April 2024 Accepted: 28 April 2025 Published: 30 June 2025

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Abstract

The interests in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, LIBS, comprise the spatio-temporal formation and evolution of the optical breakdown kernel, the ﬂuid dynamic expansion, and of course experiments’ diagnoses of measured atomic and molecular species signatures. Moreover, fundamental research aspects include line-shape analysis and the computation and prediction of atomic and molecular spectra.

Published in	Journal of Fundamental and Observational Physics and Astrophysics (Volume 1, Issue 1)
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laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, atomic and molecular spectroscopy; analytical chemistry; astrophysics

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Parigger, C. C. G. (2024). Personal Retrospective on the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Journal of Fundamental and Observational Physics and Astrophysics, 1, (1), 1. https://doi.org/jfopa/1

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Parigger, C. G. Personal Retrospective on the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Mach. Learn. Res. (2024), 1, (1), 1. doi: https://doi.org/jfopa/1

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Parigger G . Personal Retrospective on the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Mach Learn Res. (2024);1(1):1. doi: https://doi.org/jfopa/1

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