The development of measurement methodologies to detect and monitor nuclear-relevant
materials remains a consistent and significant interest across the nuclear energy …

As a crucial detection technology in the era of digital transformation, laser induced
breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been widely used in industrial measurement and …

Rapid, in-field, and non-contact isotopic analysis of solid materials is extremely important to
a large number of applications, such as nuclear nonproliferation monitoring and forensics …

We investigate the oxidation of uranium (U) species, the physical conditions leading to
uranium monoxide (UO) formation and the interplay between plume hydrodynamics and …

We report isotopic shifts and hyperfine structures of selected U transitions employing tunable
spectroscopy viz: laser-induced fluorescence and laser absorption spectroscopy of laser …

Optical emission spectroscopy and laser absorption spectroscopy are two highly
complementary techniques for diagnosing plasmas, specifically determining important …

Laser ablation plasma chemistry is governed by a complex interplay between hydrodynamic
plasma-gas mixing processes, thermodynamics, and rapid high-temperature chemical …

Self-guided ultrafast laser filaments are a promising method for laser beam delivery and
plasma generation for standoff and remote detection of elements and isotopes via filament …

Shadowgraphic measurements are combined with theory on gas-dynamics to investigate
the shock physics associated with nanosecond laser ablation of cerium metal targets. Time …

Uranium, because of its pyrophoricity, oxidizes rapidly in an oxygen-containing high-
temperature environment. However, so far, the identification of uranium oxide (UO) emission …