Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4345-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4345-2018
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23 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 23 Jul 2018

Exploring femtosecond laser ablation in single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry

Ramakrishna Ramisetty, Ahmed Abdelmonem, Xiaoli Shen, Harald Saathoff, Thomas Leisner, and Claudia Mohr

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In this study we coupled a laser ablation aerosol time-of-flight (LAAPTOF) single-particle mass spectrometer, originally equipped with an excimer laser, to a femtosecond laser. The objective was to assess the influence of the higher laser power density of the femtosecond laser on ablation–ionization of atmospheric particles, ion signal, and ultimately quantitative abilities of the single-particle mass spectrometer.