Design of a fiber-coupled mid-infrared fuel sensor for pulse detonation engines

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 772-778

  Klingbeil, Adam E ^a,b,c   Jeffries, Jay B ^a,b,c   Hanson, Ronald K ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 6061 Panama Mall ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER-COUPLING LENSES; LASER ABSORPTION SENSOR; PULSE DETONATION ENGINES; THERMAL EMISSION;

DETONATION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 34247368004     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.26504     Document Type: Article

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