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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Index of Refraction Fluctuation Spectra in Aerothermochemical Non-equilibrium Shock Layers

T Dean, F Siddiqui, MT Gragston… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0270. vid Focused laser differential
interferometry (FLDI) was used to quantify the index of refraction amplification in the shock …

Non-intrusive velocimetry in a supersonic reacting flow using two-point focused laser differential interferometry

A Ceruzzi, M Kanapathipillai, KH Yu… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0223. vid Two-point focused laser
differential interferometry (2pFLDI) is shown to be a viable technique for making non …

Experimental Aerothermodynamics: Recent NASA Langley Capabilities and Contributions

ML Mason, SJ Rufer, BR Hollis, S Berry… - … FORUM AND ASCEND …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
A review is presented of recent research efforts that were conducted at the NASA Langley
Research Center in the Langley Aerothermodynamics Laboratory. An overview of the test …

Programmable focused laser differential interferometer with a spatial light modulator as a dynamic diffractive optical element

S Holladay, Z Zhang - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
A spatial light modulator (SLM) is incorporated into a focused laser differential interferometer
(FLDI) to generate a nonlinear array of beams, and this setup is used to measure the power …

Multi-depth focused laser differential interferometer based on chromatic aberration

N Webber, R Constantin, S Edwards, M Gragston - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
A modified version of focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI) is demonstrated with
adjacent beam pairs distributed along the optical axis. This feature is accomplished using …

Tunable Spatial Resolution Focused Laser Differential Interferometer for Density Fluctuation Measurement

H Li, Y Li, L Chen, X Yao - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
We first propose and demonstrate a novel approach for achieving a focused laser differential
interferometer (FLDI) system with tunable spatial resolution. The spatial resolution of the …