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Intracavity Atomic Absorption with an Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomizer

1984; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 38; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1366/0003702844554620

1943-3530

S. W. Downey, N. S. Nogar,

Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

An inductively coupled plasma is placed inside the cavity of a flashlamp-pumped dye laser and atomic absorption is measured with the use of an optogalvanic detector. An enhancement factor of 170 is shown for intracavity absorption relative to single-pass, extracavity absorption. Both atom and ion lines can be monitored by this technique. Detection limits of 1 µg/mL for sodium and 0.1 µg/mL for barium were observed. The major noise source is pulse-to-pulse fluctuation in the laser output.