Novel miniaturized high-energy Nd-YAG laser for spark ignition in internal combustion engines

Optical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kroupa, Gerhard ^a   Franz, Georg ^a   Winkelhofer, Ernst ^b  

^a CTR CARINTHIAN TECH RESEARCH AG   (Austria)

^b AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

laser applications; neodymium lasers; solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPACT DESIGNS; DIODE-PUMPED; FUEL-AIR MIXTURES; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LASER HEADS; ND-YAG LASERS; ND: YAG; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL SPARKS; PASSIVE Q SWITCHES; PELTIER COOLING; PUMP DIODES; REPETITION RATE; SPARK IGNITION; VIBRATION LEVEL; YTTRIUM ALUMINIUM GARNET;

AIR ENGINES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LASER APPLICATIONS; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTRIUM;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77954421870     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3072958     Document Type: Article

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