analysis area

of spectrometer
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09219
Two-dimensional region of a sample surface at the analytical point, but set in the plane at right angles to the spectrometer axis, from which the entire analytical signal or a specified fraction of that signal is detected.
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 1781. (Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 1797 [Terms] [Paper]