laser micro emission spectroscopy (LAMES)

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.L03473
Any technique in which a specimen is bombarded with a finely focused @L03459@ beam (diameter less than \(10\ \unicode[Times]{x3BC}\text{m}\)) in the @UT07492@ or @VT07496@ range under conditions of vapourization and thermal excitation of electronic states of sample material and in which the photon @E02060@ is observed.
Source:
Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 250 [Terms] [Book]