Atomic Ionization Spectrometry: Prospects and Results

Abstract

There are different methods of ionization of atoms (e.g., interaction with electrons, interaction with hard gamma-radiation, etc.). This article discusses a method for the determination of element traces, whose application is associated with the ionization of atoms in the gaseous state during their interaction with laser radiation. In view of its great spectral radiance, a laser's interaction with a medium (consisting of atoms and molecules capable of absorbing photons of laser radiation) leads, or may lead, to such changes in the electric characteristics of the medium that advanced electronics provide the possibility of the particles' detection.