Comparison of nanosecond and picosecond excitation for interference-free two-photon laser-induced fluorescence detection of atomic hydrogen in flames

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 4672-4683

  Kulatilaka, Waruna D ^a   Patterson, Brian D ^a   Frank, Jonathan H ^a   Settersten, Thomas B ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; ATOMS; COMBUSTION; FLUORESCENCE; LASER EXCITATION; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; STIMULATED EMISSION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

COMBUSTION INTERMEDIATES; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME TEMPERATURES; INTERFERENCE LIMITS; NANOSECOND PULSED LASER; PHOTOLYTIC PRECURSOR; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; TWO-PHOTON LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

PULSED LASERS;

HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEAT; ILLUMINATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY;

HEAT; HYDROGEN; LASERS; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON;

EID: 53749104538     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004672     Document Type: Article

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