Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Publication Date

2-2014

Journal or Book Title

Optics Letters

Volume

39

Issue

4

First Page

739

Last Page

742

DOI

10.1364/OL.39.000739

Abstract

High-repetition-rate, burst-mode lasers can achieve higher energies per pulse compared with continuously pulsed systems, but the relatively few number of laser pulses in each burst has limited the temporal dynamic range of measurements in unsteady flames. A fivefold increase in the range of timescales that can be resolved by burst-mode laser-based imaging systems is reported in this work by extending a hybrid diode- and flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAGbased amplifier system to nearly 1000 pulses at 100 kHz during a 10 ms burst. This enables an unprecedented burstmode temporal dynamic range to capture turbulent fluctuations from 0.1 to 50 kHz in flames of practical interest. High pulse intensity enables efficient conversion to the ultraviolet for planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging of nascent formaldehyde and other potential flame radicals.

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This article is from Optics Letters 39 (2014): 739, doi: 10.1364/OL.39.000739. Posted with permission.

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This paper was published in Optics Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: https://www.osapublishing.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-39-4-739. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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Optical Society of America

Language

en

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