Design and optimization of a flexible high-peak-power laser-to-fiber coupled illumination system used in digital particle image velocimetry

RA Robinson, IK Ilev - Review of scientific instruments, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We present a study on the design and parameter optimization of a flexible high-peak-power
fiber-optic laser delivery system using commercially available solid-core silica fibers and an …

An optical fibre delivery system for pulsed laser particle image velocimetry illumination

DJ Anderson, RD Morgan, DR McCluskey… - Measurement …, 1995 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate the design and implementation of a fibre-optic beam delivery system for
particle image velocimetry applications. The system is designed for the transmission of …

Fiber-coupled, 10 kHz simultaneous OH planar laser-induced fluorescence/particle-image velocimetry

PS Hsu, N Jiang, JR Gord, S Roy - Optics Letters, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) and particle-image velocimetry (PIV) techniques
that employ free-standing optics face severe challenges when implemented in harsh …

Fiber‐optic‐bundle delivery system for high peak power laser particle image velocimetry illumination

DJ Anderson, JDC Jones, WJ Easson… - Review of scientific …, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate the design and implementation of a fiber‐optic‐bundle beam delivery
system for particle image velocimetry (PIV) applications. The system is designed for the …

Fibre-optic beam delivery systems for particle image velocimetry

JDC Jones, DJ Andersen, CA Greated - Optics and lasers in engineering, 1997 - Elsevier
The role of fibre-optics in the formation of light sheets for particle image velocimetry is
reviewed, concentrating on the power handling capacities of fibres and their effect on laser …

Fibre optic beam delivery system for high peak power laser PIV illumination

DP Hand, JD Entwistle, RRJ Maier… - Measurement …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are used to couple Q-switched and frequency-doubled
Nd: YAG laser beams into optical fibres to achieve significantly increased damage …

Large-aperture, tapered fiber–coupled, 10-kHz particle-image velocimetry

PS Hsu, S Roy, N Jiang, JR Gord - Optics Express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the design and implementation of a fiber-optic beam-delivery system using
a large-aperture, tapered step-index fiber for high-speed particle-image velocimetry (PIV) in …

Optical fiber array for the delivery of high peak-power laser pulses for fluid flow measurements

JP Parry, JD Shephard, MJ Thomson… - Applied …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Fiber delivery of 64.7 mJ laser pulses (∼ 6 ns duration) from a Q-switched Nd: YAG laser
operating at 532 nm is demonstrated. A custom diffractive optical element was used to …

Speckle contrast reduction in a large-core fiber delivering Q-switched pulses for fluid flow measurements

JP Parry, JD Shephard, JDC Jones, DP Hand - Applied optics, 2006 - opg.optica.org
Due to their capability for supporting high-peak powers, large-core hollow optical fibers may
be used to deliver high-peak-power nanosecond pulses for the fluid flow measurement …

High-brightness, high-power LED-based strobe illumination for double-frame micro particle image velocimetry

H Nasibov, E Balaban, A Kholmatov… - Flow Measurement and …, 2014 - Elsevier
There is a need for more practical, cost-effective and adaptive flow measurement
instruments. Unfortunately, most of the current equipment still has to employ bulky and …