The Overview for the Stability Improvement Strategy of LIBS Spectrum and Analysis Model: From Physics System to Analysis Method

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology has been widely used in many fields including industrial production, space exploration, medical analysis, environmental pollution detection, etc. However, the stability problem of LIBS is one of the core problems for its further development. Solutions in the LIBS field in recent decades were summarized and classified from the physical mechanism and analysis method. In particular, the processing methods based on the features of the plasma image and reconstructed image were analyzed and expounded. At the physical mechanism level, the system improvement strategy, environmental modulation strategy, and sample pretreatment improvement strategy were summarized and classified as a pre-improvement strategy. At the analysis method level, two kinds of correction strategies were concluded according to the difference between the feature mediums of the plasma spectrum and image, which were classified as a later improvement strategy. Strategies and methods were discussed in detail, which can provide a basic architecture and reference for the research of LIBS stability improvement. Moreover, the potential developing trend for this topic was proposed.