Time-delayed detection of laser-induced incandescence for the two-dimensional visualization of soot in flames

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 1994, Pages 5778-5782

  Cignoli, Francesco ^a   Benecchi, Sergio ^a   Zizak, Giorgio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser induced incandescence; Soot diagnostics

Indexed keywords

FLAME RESEARCH; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER APPLICATIONS; VISUALIZATION;

INCANDESCENCE; SOOT DIAGNOSTICS;

SOOT;

EID: 0028494331     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.005778     Document Type: Article

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