Linear array focused-laser differential interferometry for single-shot multi-point flow disturbance measurements

M Gragston, T Price, K Davenport, Z Zhang… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, a modification of the well-known focused-laser differential interferometer (FLDI)
is demonstrated, with the primary focus being increasing the number of probed locations …

Detection of second-mode instabilities on a flared cone in Mach 6 quiet flow with linear array focused laser differential interferometry

M Gragston, F Siddiqui, JD Schmisseur - Experiments in Fluids, 2021 - Springer
In this work, an enhanced version of the focused laser differential interferometer (FLDI) is
used to measure second-mode instabilities in the boundary layer on a flared cone in Mach 6 …

Focused Laser Differential Interferometry: Recent Developments and Applications for Flow Measurements

EK Benitez, A Ceruzzi, M Gragston… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
Focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI), first introduced in the 1970s, has developed
into a powerful tool for the analysis of turbulent dynamics and fluctuations in fluid flows …

An m by n FLDI Array for Single-Shot Multipoint Disturbance Measurements in High-Speed Flows

M Gragston, TJ Price, K Davenport… - AIAA Scitech 2021 …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-0599. vid In this work, the
capabilities of the traditional focused-laser differential interferometry (FLDI) technique are …

Focused laser differential interferometric investigation of turbulent jet spectra

A Hameed, NJ Parziale - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
In this work, a model of focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI) is derived by
incorporating the local intensity of each beam in an FLDI beam pair. We rederive some …

Hypersonic boundary-layer instability on a highly cooled cone. Part I: Q-FLDI measurement and instability calculations

A Hameed, D Shekhtman, N Parziale… - AIAA Scitech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0734. vid In this paper, a Q-FLDI
system was constructed to correlate disturbances inside and outside of the boundary layer …

Linear array photodiode and data acquisition system development for multi-point line FLDI measurements

JM Weisberger, BF Bathel, JW Lee… - AIAA Scitech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1796. vid The continuous
development and advancement of multi-point line focused laser differential interferometry …

Characterization of transitional, high-enthalpy boundary layers on a blunted cone. Part II: FLDI and higher order spectral analysis

A Hameed, NJ Parziale, LA Paquin… - AIAA SciTech 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0288. vid FLDI is used to
characterize an unstable boundary layer on a 5-degree cone. Results from two experiments …

Colinear focused laser differential interferometry and self-aligned focusing schlieren

JM Weisberger, BF Bathel - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
A colinear focused laser differential interferometer (FLDI) and self-aligned focusing schlieren
(SAFS) system has been assembled and tested in the laboratory, using a turbulent jet of …

Simultaneous focused laser differential interferometry and high-speed schlieren in a Mach 6 flow

BF Bathel, GC Herring, JM Weisberger… - Measurement …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
An instrument is demonstrated that is capable of simultaneous and independent flow density
fluctuation measurements over the same line-of-sight by combining two optical techniques …