The influence of beam energy, mode and focal length on the control of laser ignition in an internal combustion engine

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4730-4739

  Mullett, J D ^a   Dodd, R ^a   Williams, C J ^a   Triantos, G ^a   Dearden, G ^a   Shenton, A T ^a   Watkins, K G ^a   Carroll, S D ^b   Scarisbrick, A D ^b   Keen, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United Kingdom)

^c GSI Lumonics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; COMBUSTION; GASOLINE; LASER BEAMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

BEAM WAIST SIZE; LASER IGNITION (LI); OPTICAL BREAKDOWN; STOICHIOMETRIC GASOLINE;

IGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547444974     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/15/056     Document Type: Article

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