TY - CONF A1 - Gornushkin, Igor T1 - Improved Data Processing for Accurate Plasma Diagnostics with Implications for Calibration-Free LIBS N2 - Many LIBS papers report the determination of plasma temperature using the Boltzmann plot method or the determination of electron density using the Stark line broadening relation. This requires measuring the integrated intensities of the spectral lines and the linewidth under the assumption of optical thinness. It is taken for granted that this can be easily done either by working with the raw spectra or by fitting the appropriate function to the observed spectral lines. However, extracting the necessary information from raw spectral data is not as easy as it might seem. The quality of such extraction will depend to a decisive extent on the type of spectral instrument used. The spectrum emitted by the plasma is distorted by the device; an example is shown in Fig. 1. The elimination of this distortion belongs to the class of inverse problems, the successful solution of which fundamentally depends on the quality of the available information. When it comes to spectroscopy, the quality of information primarily means high spectral resolution and low noise. Not all spectrometers used in LIBS can provide the quality needed to solve the inverse problem; this casts doubt on many published plasma measurements. This communication will be devoted to the general shortcomings of spectral data processing and the inaccuracies in determining the plasma parameters resulting from these shortcomings. The analysis is based on the use of synthetic spectra generated by plasma with known temperature, particle density and electron density. The estimation of errors caused by inadequate processing of spectral data is made by comparing the initial and measured plasma parameters from the spectra. Recommendations will be made for which analytic function best approximates the observed spectral lines, and how data processing errors affect the accuracy of calibration-free LIBS will be discussed. These issues were only partially covered in previously published works, for example [1, 2]. T2 - Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XLIII, The 5th Asian Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy June 26-30, 2023 CY - Tokushima, Japan DA - 26.06.2023 KW - Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy KW - Calibration-free LIBS KW - Data processing PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58589 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gornushkin, Igor B. T1 - Several approaches to calibration-free LIBS: Advantages and pitfalls N2 - An overview of calibration-free laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (CF LIBS) methods is presented. Advantages and pitfalls of these methods are critically discussed. T2 - Workshop of the Spectrochemical Working Committee (SWC) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences CY - Budapest, Hungary DA - 05.06.2019 KW - Calibration-free LIBS KW - CF LIBS algorithms PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48189 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -