| 20120084016 | PORTABLE LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM WITH MODULARIZED REFERENCE DATA - A portable laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system has a laser module, a spectrometer connected to the laser module, and an analysis sub-system connected to the spectrometer, the analysis sub-system having: a data module having at least one set of reference data for a particular material; a processor configured to access data from the spectrometer generated from a sample under test, and to compare the data from the spectrometer to the set of reference data; and a user interface through which the analysis sub-system provides a user with information about a presence, if any, of the particular material in the sample under test. A computer-controlled method of operating a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system includes receiving, at computer, an input from a detector, the input relating to a sample under test, generating a characteristic spectrum from the input, accessing reference data for a particular material, the reference data residing in a data module accessible by the computer, using the computer to compare the reference data to the characteristic spectrum, and presenting the result through a user interface. | 04-05-2012 |
