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Generalized Theory for the Simultaneous Measurement of Particle Size and Velocity using laser doppler and laser two‐focus methods
Author(s) -
Albrecht HeinzE.,
Borys Michael,
Hübner Klaus
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.19930100306
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , doppler effect , laser doppler velocimetry , laser , optics , acoustic doppler velocimetry , particle (ecology) , physics , particle size , chemistry , geology , medicine , quantum mechanics , blood flow , oceanography
Essentially the laser two‐focus (L2F) and laser Doppler anemometer (LDA) are time‐of‐flight anemometers. The velocity of particles in the micrometre range is determined within the limits of an optically fixed measurement distance. For this only one optoelectronic receiver for the detection of the scattered light is required [1, 2]. With an arrangement of two receiving optics, positioned under an off‐axis angle φ and an elevation angle ± ψ to the optical axis of the measurement system, a resolution of three‐dimensional structures can be achieved and with regard to spherical particles it is possible to determine the dimensions by means of the temporal or phase shift of the signals in the receiving optics. A particle size‐dependent distance inside the measurement volume can be fixed, which has to be passed in order to change the signal from one receiving optics to the other. An LDA with an arrangement of two receiving optics for particle sizing is known as a phase Doppler anemometer (PDA); an L2F designed with two receiving optics can be termed a pulse‐displacement two‐focus anemometer (P2F). The physical analysis of the two methods with respect to a temporal signal displacement in the receivers yielded new results.