Diode laser-based air mass flux sensor for subsonic aeropropulsion inlets

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4905-4912

  Miller, Michael F ^a   Kessler, William J ^a   Allen, Mark G ^a  

^a Physical Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Density; Mass flux; O2; Optical sensor; Velocity

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; MASS FLUX; OPTICAL SENSOR;

EID: 0030324656     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004905     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. H. Komine, S. J. Brosnan, A. B. Litton, and E. Q. Stappaerts, “Real-time, Doppler global velocimetry, ” presented at the 29th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nev., 7-10 January 1991, paper 91-0337.
2. R. B. Miles and W. R. Lempert, “Two-dimensional measurement of density, velocity, and temperature in turbulent highspeed air flows by UV Rayleigh scattering, ” Appl. Phys. B 51, 1-7 (1990).
3. M. W. Smith and G. B. Northam, “Application of absorption filter-planar Doppler velocimetry to sonic and supersonic jets, ” presented at the 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nev., 9-12 January 1995.
4. J. A. Shirley and M. Winter, “Air-mass flux measurement system using Doppler-shifted filtered Rayleigh scattering, ” presented at the 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nev., 11-14 January 1993.
5. B. Hiller and R. K. Hanson, “Simultaneous planar measurements of velocity and pressure fields in gas flows using laser-induced fluorecence, ” Appl. Opt. 27, 33-48 (1988).
6. P. H. Paul, M. P. Lee, and R. K. Hanson, “Molecular velocity imaging of supersonic flows using pulsed planar laser-induced fluorescence of NO, ” Opt. Lett. 14, 417-419 (1989).
7. M. Allen, S. Davis, W. Kessler, H. Legner, K. McManus, P. Mulhall, T. Parker, and D. Sonnenfroh, “Velocity field imaging in supersonic reacting flows near atmospheric pressure, ” AIAA J. 32, 1676-1682 (1994).
8. A. Y. Chang, M. D. DiRosa, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Rapid tuning CW laser technique for measurements of gas velocity, temperature, pressure, density, and mass flux using NO, ” Appl. Opt. 30, 3011-3022 (1991).
9. L. C. Philippe and R. K. Hanson, “Laser absorption mass flux sensor for high speed air flows, ” Opt. Lett. 16, 2002-2004 (1991).
10. L. C. Philippe and R. K. Hanson, “Laser diode wavelength-modulation spectroscopy for simultaneous measurement of temperature, pressure, and velocity in shock-heated oxygen flows, ” Appl. Opt. 32, 6090-6103 (1993).
11. M. P. Arroyo, S. Langlois, and R. K. Hanson, “Diode-laser absorption technique for simultaneous measurements of multiple gasdynamic parameters in high-speed flows containing water vapor, ” Appl. Opt. 33, 3296-3307 (1994).
12. M. G. Allen, K. L. Carleton, S. J. Davis, W. J. Kessler, C. E. Otis, D. Palombo, and D. M. Sonnenfroh, “Ultra-sensitive dualbeam absorption and gain spectroscopy: applications for near-IR and visible diode laser sensors, ” Appl. Opt. 34, 3240-3249 (1995).
13. M. G. Allen and W. J. Kessler, “Simultaneous water vapor concentration and temperature measurements using 1.31 μm diode lasers, ” AIAA J. 34, 483-488 (1996).