Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Multicomponent Droplets and Two- and Three- Dimensional Measurements in Flames

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the following areas: (1) Nonlinear spectroscopy of micrometer sized droplets, and (2) Development and application of two- and three-dimensional scalar and velocity measurement techniques in flames. In the nonlinear spectroscopy area, the following achievements are reported: (1) Fluorescence seeding of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in order to increase the detectivity (by as much as 10X) of minor species in a multicomponent liquid droplet that contains a fluorescent dye; (2) Temporal precession of the SRS as a means of determining the shape distortion (7 parts out of 10(exp 3)) of a flowing droplet because of inertial force; (3) Preliminary measurements of the relative evaporation rates of 15 droplets in a segmented stream where the few lead droplets evaporate faster than the remaining droplets; and (4) Suppression of lasing by the SRS and amplification of the SRS in microdroplets, leading to an increased SRS signal. . .. Droplets, Spray, Evaporation rate, Shape distortion, Precession of cavity modes and Lasing, Premixed flames, Nonpremixed flames, Rayleigh scattering, Laser-induced fluorescences, Three-dimensional measurements, Laser diagnostics, Flow imaging, Supersonic flow, Mixture fraction and Scalar dissipation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1993
Accession Number
ADA264341

Entities

People

  • Marshall B. Long
  • Richard K. Chang

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combustion
  • Hong Kong
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Diagnostics
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Physical Properties
  • Raman Scattering
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Hypersonics