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Cars diagnostic investigations of flames

Conference · · Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6878672

Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) investigations in a variety of flames are presented. Thermometry has received the primary emphasis in the research to be reported, but some species sensitivity studies will be described as well. CARS is generated by mixing a 10 pps, frequency-doubled neodymium pump laser with a spectrally broadband, laser-pumped, Stokes dye laser. This approach obviates the requirement to frequency scan the dye laser and generates the entire CARS spectrum with each pulse permitting instantaneous measurements of medium properties. A crossed-beam, phase-matching technique termed BOXCARS is described which leads to greatly enhanced and unambiguous spatial resolution in contrast to the conventionlly employed collinear phase-matching approaches.

Research Organization:
United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT
OSTI ID:
6878672
Report Number(s):
NBS-SP-561(Vol.2); CONF-780941-(Vol.2)
Journal Information:
Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ.; (United States), Journal Name: Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ.; (United States) Vol. 2:561; ISSN XNBSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English