Diffuse-light two-dimensional line-of-sight attenuation for soot concentration measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 694-703

  Thomson, Kevin A ^a   Johnson, Matthew R ^b   Snelling, David R ^a   Smallwood, Gregory J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SHOT NOISE;

BEAM STEERING; DIMENSIONAL LINE-OF-SIGHT ATTENUATION (LOSA); LINE-OF-SIGHT ATTENUATION;

SOOT;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; METHANE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOOT;

ABSORPTION; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHYLENES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; LIGHTING; METHANE; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOOT;

EID: 42549110538     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000694     Document Type: Article

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