Method and system for performing multi-element analysis in real-time using multi-element concentration sensor

A computer program product for performing multi-element analysis on a sample, the computer program product being encoded on one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media and comprising instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• directing a first light toward the sample, the directed first light vaporizing a matter from the sample and creating plasma;
• capturing one or more images of the plasma;
• detecting a second light radiating from the plasma;
• extracting, independent of clock information, timing information from the detected second light radiating from the plasma, wherein the clock information corresponds to synchronized clocks in a network;
• and
• characterizing the matter of the sample based on a sequence of image frames presented with predetermined image timings of the captured one or more images of the plasma and the extracted timing information from the detected second light radiating from the plasma.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a light emitting circuit configured to direct a first light toward a sample, wherein the directed first light vaporizes a matter from the sample and creates plasma;
• an image capturing circuit configured to capture one or more images of the plasma;
• a light receiving circuit configured to detect a second light that radiates from the plasma;
• a clock extraction subsystem configured to extract, independent of clock information, timing information from the detected second light radiating from the plasma, wherein the clock information corresponds to synchronized clocks in a network;
• and
• a circuit configured to characterize the matter of the sample based on a sequence of image frames presented with predetermined image timings of the captured one or more images of the plasma and the extracted timing information from the detected second light that radiates from the plasma.