Machine learning in analytical spectroscopy for nuclear diagnostics

AP Rao, PR Jenkins, RE Pinson, JD Auxier II… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Analytical spectroscopy methods have shown many possible uses for nuclear material
diagnostics and measurements in recent studies. In particular, the application potential for …

Recent advances in ultrafast-laser-based spectroscopy and imaging for reacting plasmas and flames

AK Patnaik, I Adamovich, JR Gord… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Reacting flows and plasmas are prevalent in a wide array of systems involving defense,
commercial, space, energy, medical, and consumer products. Understanding the complex …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of ignition and early flame propagation in methane/air mixtures using nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge and inductive ignition in a pre …

L Merotto, M Balmelli, W Vera-Tudela, P Soltic - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
An optically accessible pre-chamber setup was used to investigate the ignition occurrence
and early flame propagation in methane/air mixtures at density conditions relevant to engine …

High-speed 2D Raman imaging at elevated pressures

N Jiang, PS Hsu, JG Mance, Y Wu, M Gragston… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Two-dimensional (2D) Raman scattering at 10 kHz in non-reacting flow mixtures is
demonstrated by employing a burst-mode laser with a long-duration pulse of about 70 ns …

High-pressure 1D fuel/air-ratio measurements with LIBS

Y Wu, M Gragston, Z Zhang, PS Hsu, N Jiang… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Quantitative, one-dimensional (1D), single-laser-shot, fuel–air ratio (FAR)
measurements in both laminar and turbulent methane–air flames were conducted using time …

Study on the application of laser diagnosis technology in the rapid real time measurement of soot

R Wu, X Song, Q Guo, D Liu, J Wei, J Wang, Y Bai… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on previous soot studies, this paper proposes a new method to quantify the evolution
of the soot generation mechanism in flames. The soot distribution in inverse diffusion flame …

Quantitative measurement of mixture fraction in counterflow diffusion flames by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Y Ren, A Kreischer, F Cameron, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been widely employed in various flames
to determine local element compositions. Compared with other laser-based measurement …

Laser-induced plasma analysis of ammonia-oxygen and ammonia-oxygen-enriched-air flames at elevated pressures

BK Gokcecik, N Guthikonda, A Clark, P Zhao… - Combustion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study employed Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to measure the fuel-
oxidizer ratio (FOR) of ammonia combustion with oxygen-enriched air and pure oxygen …

Measurement of electron density and temperature from laser-induced nitrogen plasma at elevated pressure (1–6 bar)

AP Rao, M Gragston, AK Patnaik, PS Hsu… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Laser-induced plasmas experience Stark broadening and shifts of spectral lines carrying
spectral signatures of plasma properties. In this paper, we report time-resolved Stark …

Simultaneous LIBS signal and plasma density measurement for quantitative insight into signal instability at elevated pressure

AK Patnaik, Y Wu, PS Hsu, M Gragston, Z Zhang… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) evaluates the emission spectra of ions,
radicals, and atoms generated from the breakdown of molecules by the incident laser; …