Application of a high-repetition-rate laser diagnostic system for single-cycle-resolved imaging in internal combustion engines

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 5002-5014

  Hult, Johan ^a   Richter, Mattias ^a   Nygren, Jenny ^a   Aldén, Marcus ^a   Hultqvist, Anders ^a   Christensen, Magnus ^a   Johansson, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MIRRORS; SCANNING;

OPTICAL BREAKDOWN;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037143902     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005002     Document Type: Article

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