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Imaging of flames and cold flows in air by diffraction from a laser-induced grating

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Nonresonant laser-induced gratings are created in gases employing the second-harmonic output of a Nd: YAG laser in a degenerate four-wave mixing beam geometry. The diffraction efficiency of the gratings has been investigated as a function of laser intensity and gas pressure. Single-shot images of a helium flow in ambient air illustrate that diffraction of light from a laser-induced grating has the potential for remote, two-dimensional diagnostics of gas mixing processes. In addition, this coherent technique is used to image a sooty flame.

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  1. Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    B. Hemmerling & A. Stampanoni-Panariello

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Hemmerling, B., Stampanoni-Panariello, A. Imaging of flames and cold flows in air by diffraction from a laser-induced grating. Appl. Phys. B 57, 281–285 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325207

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