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Master's Thesis
Author of thesis: Ing. Matyáš Heto
Acad. year: 2025/2026
Supervisor: Ing. Jakub Buday, Ph.D.
Reviewer: doc. Mgr. Karel Novotný, Ph.D.
Matrix effect and experimental parameter fluctuations are among the main obstacles to quantitative analysis in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). To suppress them, the literature has proposed normalization of spectral line intensity by the plasma area extracted from a camera image, which should better reflect the actual shot-to-shot fluctuation of plasma emission than the sum of the whole spectrum. In this work, this normalization was applied to ten pressed pellets of plant origin. Measurements were performed simultaneously by an Avantes spectrometer paired with a CMOS camera and by a Mechelle spectrometer paired with an ICCD camera at four laser pulse energies of 10, 15, 21 and 26 mJ. For the Mechelle and ICCD system, four exposure windows 300 to 600 ns, 1 to 1.5 μs, 3 to 4 μs and 7 to 8 μs were additionally set. The quality of the calibration curves was evaluated by the coefficient of determination R² and the normalized root mean square error nRMSE. For the Avantes spectrometer and CMOS camera, plasma area normalization did not lead to an improvement for either of the two analyzed lines K I 404.5 nm and Ca II 396.8 nm at any of the four laser pulse energies, and for most combinations it worsened both metrics and increased the variance between repetitions. For the Mechelle spectrometer and ICCD camera, plasma area normalization showed a milder behavior dependent on the analyzed spectral line, where for the K I 769.9 nm line at 21 and 26 mJ with shorter exposure windows 300 to 600 ns and 1 to 1.5 μs it led to a slight improvement of both metrics, and for the Ca II 396.8 nm line under the same conditions to their worsening. For the analyzed samples, plasma area normalization is therefore not a generally recommended method and its usability depends on the specific combination of spectral line and experimental conditions.
LIBS, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, plasma area normalization, matrix effect, calibration curve, plasma imaging, CMOS camera, ICCD camera
Date of defence
17.06.2026
Result of the defence
Defended (thesis was successfully defended)
Grading
C
Process of defence
Po otázkách oponenta bylo dále diskutováno: Malé množství experimentálních bodů pro velké plochy plazmatu. Uváděný počet desetinných míst u výsledků. Zpracování plochy plazmatu z černobílého obrazu. Volba testovacích vzorků a měření koncentrace prvků. Student na otázky odpověděl.
Language of thesis
Czech
Faculty
Fakulta strojního inženýrství
Department
Institute of Physical Engineering
Study programme
Precise Mechanics and Optics (N-PMO-P)
Composition of Committee
prof. RNDr. Tomáš Šikola, CSc. (předseda) prof. RNDr. Jiří Spousta, Ph.D. (místopředseda) prof. RNDr. Pavel Zemánek, Ph.D. (člen) prof. Ing. Ivan Křupka, Ph.D. (člen) prof. RNDr. Jiří Petráček, Dr. (člen) prof. RNDr. Radim Chmelík, Ph.D. (člen) prof. Ing. Miroslav Kolíbal, Ph.D. (člen) doc. Ing. Jindřich Mach, Ph.D. (člen) doc. Ing. Petr Bábor, Ph.D. (člen) doc. Ing. Radek Kalousek, Ph.D. (člen) doc. Ing. Pavel Pořízka, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Petr Jákl, Ph.D. (člen) RNDr. Antonín Fejfar, CSc. (člen)
Supervisor’s reportIng. Jakub Buday, Ph.D.
Grade proposed by supervisor: B
Reviewer’s reportdoc. Mgr. Karel Novotný, Ph.D.
Grade proposed by reviewer: C
Responsibility: Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Odstrčilová