Picosecond laser-induced fluorescence measurement of rotational energy transfer of OH A2Σ+ (ν′ = 2) in atmospheric pressure flames

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7960-7969

  Nielsen, Tim ^a   Bormann, Frank ^a,b   Burrows, Michael ^a   Andresen, Peter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LAVISION GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combustion diagnostics; Energy transfer; Laser induced fluorescence; OH

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001602587     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007960     Document Type: Article

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