Gate delay

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013120",
  "term": "Gate delay",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The time interval between the initiation of a pulsed event and the opening of a detection gate, during which the detector is active. In spectroscopic measurements, this delay allows for the decay of short-lived interfering signals, such as plasma emission in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. It is typically measured in nanoseconds or microseconds.",
  "synonyms": [
    "time delay in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy"
  ],
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "laser induced breakdown spectroscopy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2021, 93, 647. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 719 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0203)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/gate-delay/"
}