We employed a collinear long-short double-pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LS-DP-LIBS) to detect the underwater metal samples. The emission spectra, time-resolved signal, plasma images and sound characteristics of plasma shockwaves are experimentally investigated in this work. The results show that the underwater signal of Al, Cu and Fe spectral lines are significantly improved by collinear LS-DP-LIBS with inter-pulse delay of 35 us. The mechanism of the signal improvement is considered to be the pre irradiation effect of the long pulse laser beam. In the collinear LS-DP-LIBS method, the long pulse first generates a cavitation bubble in water and provides a gaseous environment. Then the short pulse generates the plasma from the sample surface. The present experiments show that the collinear LS-DP-LIBS method offers a significant signal improvement in underwater measurement of metal samples. This new method has great potential in deep-sea exploration using LIBS.
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