LIBS-spectroscopy for monitoring and control of the laser cleaning process of stone and medieval glass |
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| Institution: | 1. INO, Largo Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;2. Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze, V.le F. Strozzi 1, 50122 Firenze, Italy;3. Università degli studi di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 40/44, 50134 Firenze, Italy;4. CNR-ICVBC, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy |
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| Abstract: | On-line monitoring or even closed-loop control is necessary to avoid over-cleaning in case the ablation process is not self-limiting. Therefore, the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was used. Basic investigations were carried out on original sandstone samples (Elbsandstein) with strong encrustations as well as medieval stained glass samples (13th century from Cologne Cathedral). The spectroscopic study has shown that the plasma emission can be used for determination of the elemental composition of the ablated material. The plasma was initiated by 248-nm pulses of an KrF-excimer laser (30 ns FWHM). For the spectroscopic analysis, a grating spectrograph in combination with an optical multichannel analyser was used. For the glass and stone samples we obtained a continual alteration of the LIBS spectrum (vanishing of peaks and generating of new element peaks) during the removal process. Thus, certain element peaks can be used to distinguish between encrustation layer and valuable underlying material. To show the potential of LIBS we designed an experimental laser cleaning set-up including closed-loop LIBS control and demonstrated successful automatic cleaning of an original glass fragment. |
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