Flame front tracking by laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy and advanced image analysis

Optics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 278-287

  Abu Gharbieh, Rafeef ^a   Hamarneh, Ghassan ^a   Gustavsson, Tomas ^a   Kaminski, Clemens F ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLUORESCENCE; INTERPOLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FLAME BOUNDARIES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TURBULENT FLAMES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0000641333     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.8.000278     Document Type: Article

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