Detection of fluorescent nanoparticles in flame with femtosecond laser-induced fluorescence anisotropy

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5623-5632

  Bruno, Annalisa ^a   Ossler, Frederik ^b   De Lisio, Corrado ^a   Minutolo, Patrizia ^c   Spinelli, Nicola ^d   D'Alessio, Antonio ^e  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CNISM   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLUORESCENCE; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; PROPANE; STREAK CAMERAS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CARBON PARTICLE; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; GASPHASE NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLES;

PROPANE;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; LASER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; LASERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROPANE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 42149163479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005623     Document Type: Article

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