Influence of laser wavelength and laser energy on depth profiling of easel painting samples

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Authors

POSPÍŠILOVÁ Eva NOVOTNÝ Karel POŘÍZKA Pavel HRADILOVÁ Janka KAISER Jozef KANICKÝ Viktor

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Chemical Papers
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11696-019-00803-z
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11696-019-00803-z
Keywords LIBS; Ablation craters; Fluorine detection
Description The depth-resolved analysis by means of the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a useful tool in the investigation of multi-layered structures of paintings. The LIBS technique is considered micro-destructive, as it is associated with the formation of the ablation crater. It is important to optimize the laser pulse parameters to minimize the crater size and also to avoid some possible side effects of the laser radiation, such as the material redeposition and the light- or heat-induced pigment discoloration. In the present work, mock-up painting samples were used to investigate the influence of laser radiation characteristics on the ablation process. The first LIBS set-up contains a Nd:YAG laser at the second harmonic frequency (laser wavelength 532 nm, pulse duration ~ 10 ns) and the second set-up is comprised of a modified laser-ablation system equipped with a Nd:YAG laser at the fourth harmonic frequency (laser wavelength 266 nm, pulse duration ~ 5 ns). The influence of different laser wavelengths and different laser energies on the properties of the craters was examined. The effects caused by the laser-ablation process were described.
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