Investigation of optical fibers for high-repetition-rate, ultraviolet planar laser-induced fluorescence of OH

PS Hsu, WD Kulatilaka, S Roy, JR Gord - Applied optics, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the fundamental transmission characteristics of nanosecond-duration, 10
kHz repetition rate, ultraviolet (UV) laser pulses through state-of-the-art, UV-grade fused …

Investigation of optical fibers for gas-phase, ultraviolet laser-induced-fluorescence (UV-LIF) spectroscopy

PS Hsu, WD Kulatilaka, N Jiang, JR Gord, S Roy - Applied Optics, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the feasibility of transmitting high-power, ultraviolet (UV) laser pulses through
long optical fibers for laser-induced-fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy of the hydroxyl radical …

Point and planar ultraviolet excitation/detection of hydroxyl-radical laser-induced fluorescence through long optical fibers

WD Kulatilaka, PS Hsu, JR Gord, S Roy - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an all-fiber-coupled, UV, laser-induced-fluorescence (LIF) detection system
of the hydroxyl radical (OH) in flames. The nanosecond-pulsed excitation of the (1, 0) band …

Fiber-coupled ultraviolet planar laser-induced fluorescence for combustion diagnostics

F Loccisano, S Joshi, IS Franka, Z Yin, WR Lempert… - Applied …, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Multimode silica step-index optical fibers are examined for use in planar laser-induced
fluorescence (PLIF) for combustion diagnostics using ultraviolet (UV) laser sources. The …

Development of an All-Fiber-Coupled, Pulsed, Ultraviolet Laser-Induced-Fluorescence (UV-LIF) Detection System for OH Radicals in Practical Combustion Devices

P Hsu, W Kulatilaka, S Roy, A Patnaik… - 50th AIAA Aerospace …, 2012 - arc.aiaa.org
HE development of laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) as a combustion-diagnostic technique
has permitted spatially resolved species-concentration and temperature measurements in …

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 …

Radical detection in harsh environments by means of laser-induced fluorescence using a single bidirectional optical fiber

H Schwarz, R Schlögl, R Horn - Applied Physics B, 2012 - Springer
A new experimental method is described enabling detection of hydroxyl radicals (OH) by
laser-induced fluorescence in high-temperature gas-phase reactions. This is accomplished …

Hydroxyl radical planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging in flames using frequency-tripled femtosecond laser pulses

A Jain, P Parajuli, Y Wang, WD Kulatilaka - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Ultra-short optical pulses in the ultraviolet (UV) region are of significant interest for
combustion and reacting flow diagnostics, as most important chemical species have …

Hydroxyl radical planar imaging in flames using femtosecond laser pulses

Y Wang, A Jain, W Kulatilaka - Applied Physics B, 2019 - Springer
Hydroxyl radical (OH) planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging is one of the most
widely used laser diagnostic techniques to investigate reacting flows such as flames and …

Continuous hydroxyl radical planar laser imaging at 50 kHz repetition rate

S Hammack, C Carter, C Wuensche, T Lee - Applied optics, 2014 - opg.optica.org
This study demonstrates high-repetition-rate planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF)
imaging of hydroxyl radicals (OH) in flames at a continuous framing rate of 50 kHz. A …