Laser applications to chemical, security, and environmental analysis: introduction to the feature issue

Johannes Kiefer, Thomas Seeger, Thomas Dreier, Weidong Chen, Hans Stauffer, and Wolfgang Meier

Appl. Opt. 58(10), LAC1-LAC3 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Velocimetry based on dye visualization for a pulsatile tubing flow measurement

Zifeng Yang and Mark Johnson

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C7-C13 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

OH planar laser-induced fluorescence measurements with high spatio-temporal resolution for the study of auto-ignition

Christoph M. Arndt, Robert Schießl, and Wolfgang Meier

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C14-C22 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopic investigation of high-pressure femtosecond two-photon laser-induced fluorescence of carbon monoxide up to 20 bar

Yejun Wang and Waruna D. Kulatilaka

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C23-C29 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Simultaneous measurements of mixture fraction and flow velocity using 100 kHz 2D Rayleigh scattering imaging

Naibo Jiang, Paul S. Hsu, Paul M. Danehy, Zhili Zhang, and Sukesh Roy

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C30-C35 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of two measurement strategies to obtain the residence time distribution in combustion chambers using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

Sebastian Bürkle, Lukas G. Becker, Maria A. Agizza, Andreas Dreizler, and Steven Wagner

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C36-C46 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of N₂–N₂ and N₂–O₂ S-branch Raman linewidths using time-resolved picosecond pure rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

Christian Meißner, Jonas I. Hölzer, and Thomas Seeger

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C47-C54 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Direct measurement of CO₂S-branch Raman linewidths broadened by O₂, Ar, and C₂H₄

Naibo Jiang, Sukesh Roy, Paul S. Hsu, and James R. Gord

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C55-C60 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Quantitative fuel-to-air ratio determination for elevated-pressure methane/air flames using chemiluminescence emission

Walker McCord, Mark Gragston, Yue Wu, Zhili Zhang, Paul Hsu, Keith Rein, Naibo Jiang, Sukesh Roy, and James R. Gord

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C61-C67 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

High-repetition-rate burst-mode-laser diagnostics of an unconfined lean premixed swirling flame under external acoustic excitation

Sirui Wang, Xunchen Liu, Guoqing Wang, Liangliang Xu, Lei Li, Yingzheng Liu, Zhen Huang, and Fei Qi

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C68-C78 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (9)]

Ultrashort-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for detecting airborne metals during energetic reactions

Morgan O’Neil, Andrew Demko, Eric L. Petersen, and Waruna D. Kulatilaka

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C79-C83 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of the spectral excitation behavior of methane according to InP, GaSb, IC, and QC lasers as excitation source by sensor applications

Tobias Milde, Morten Hoppe, Herve Tatenguem, Christian Assmann, Wolfgang Schade, and Joachim Sacher

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C84-C91 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Gas-phase Raman spectroscopy of non-reacting flows: comparison between free-space and cavity-based spontaneous Raman emission

Lee Weller, Maxim Kuvshinov, and Simone Hochgreb

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C92-C103 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental investigation on an acoustically forced flame with simultaneous high-speed LII and stereo PIV at 20 kHz

Chen Fu, Xiaoyuan Yang, Zhongqiu Li, Haodong Zhang, Yifan Yang, and Yi Gao

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C104-C111 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

10 kHz simultaneous PIV/PLIF study of the diffusion flame response to periodic acoustic forcing

Yi Gao, Xiaoyuan Yang, Chen Fu, Yifan Yang, Zhongqiu Li, Haodong Zhang, and Fei Qi

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C112-C120 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Simultaneous high-speed SO₂ PLIF imaging and stereo-PIV measurements in premixed swirling flame at 20 kHz

Xiaoyuan Yang, Chen Fu, Guoqing Wang, Zhongqiu Li, Tianyu Li, and Yi Gao

Appl. Opt. 58(10), C121-C129 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of existing laser-induced breakdown thermometry techniques along with a time-resolved breakdown approach

Andrew P. Williamson, Ulrich Thiele, and Johannes Kiefer

Appl. Opt. 58(14), 3950-3956 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF