Measurement of tiny droplets using a newly developed optical fibre probe micro-fabricated by a femtosecond pulse laser

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Saito, T ^a   Matsuda, K ^a   Ozawa, Y ^a   Oishi, S ^b   Aoshima, S ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chord length; Droplet; Femtosecond pulse laser; Optical fibre probe; Simultaneous measurement; Velocity

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBERS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VELOCITY; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CHORD LENGTHS; FEMTOSECOND PULSE LASER; GAS - LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOWS; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; MEASUREMENT OF VELOCITY; OPTICAL FIBRE PROBES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-TIP OPTICAL FIBRE PROBES;

PROBES;

EID: 72149104605     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/11/114002     Document Type: Article

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