Single-pulse gas thermometry at low temperatures using two-photon laser-induced fluorescence in NO–N_2 mixtures
Author(s) -
K. P. Gross,
Richard McKenzie
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.8.000368
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , laser induced fluorescence , photon counting , fluorescence , laser , photon , pulse (music) , excitation , atomic physics , supersonic speed , physics , quantum mechanics , detector , thermodynamics
A technique suitable for measuring fluctuating temperatures in supersonic turbulent flows of N(2) seeded with NO has been demonstrated in a nonflowing cell. The method relies on the two-photon excitation of two selected rovibronic transitions in the NO gamma(A(2)Sigma+,'=0?X(2)II,''=0) band. Measurements between 155 and 295 K in N(2) mixtures containing 300 parts in 10(6) NO were obtained with single-pulse errors below 4% rms.
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