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Title: Effect of window reflections on photonic Doppler velocimetry measurements

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3551954· OSTI ID:22062256
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)

Photonic Doppler velocimetry (PDV) has rapidly become a standard diagnostic for measuring velocities in dynamic compression research. While free surface velocity measurements are fairly straightforward, complications occur when PDV is used to measure a dynamically loaded sample through a window. Fresnel reflections can severely affect the velocity and time resolution of PDV measurements, especially for low-velocity transients. Shock experiments of quartz compressed between two sapphire plates demonstrate how optical window reflections cause ringing in the extracted PDV velocity profile. Velocity ringing is significantly reduced by using either a wedge window or an antireflective coating.

OSTI ID:
22062256
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 82, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English