TY - GEN AU - Amal Abd El fattah omer khedr AU - Hisham Imam , AU - Mohamed Abd El Harith Mohamed , AU - Salah Hassab Elnabi , TI - Enhancement of the performance of libs technique adopting double pulse configuration for silicon analysis / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Amal Abd El fattah omer khedr , KW - double pulse KW - silicon N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - National Institute Of Laser Enhanced Sciences - Department Of Laser Application In Physics; Issued also as CD N2 - A comparative study between single and double pulse - laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was performed on n - type silicon (111) targetA new mobile double pulse Nd : YAG laser at 1064 nm was used throughout the measurementsThe experiment was carried out in two ambient gases ; air and argon at different pressures of 07 , 470 and 1000 hPa in air and 470 and 1000 hPa in argonThe ambient gas interacts with the laser beam and the plume , several mechanisms are involved in these interactions , such as , plasma shielding , shock wave production and plasma expansionPlasma shielding effect reduces laser - material coupling efficiencyHowever , the induced shock waves increase the coupling efficiency in case of double pulse LIBS UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -