Single- and dual-fiber fluorescence probes: Application to oil-film measurements in an internal combustion engine

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 30, 2000, Pages 5456-5464

  Ghandhi, Jaal B ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE PISTONS; FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE PROBES;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0038168092     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.005456     Document Type: Article

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