1.6 MHz scanning rate direct absorption temperature measurements using a single vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode

Benjamin D. Kaebe*, Nickolas P. Robins, Toby K. Boyson, Harald Kleine, Sean O’Byrne

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    Abstract

    This paper presents 1.6 MHz scan rate, non-intrusive, time-resolved temperature measurements of a normal shock reflection from a plane end wall within a shock tube. A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) was used to conduct tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy with water vapor as the probe species. The results are compared with analytical predictions. Temperatures measured with this technique agree within a single-scan standard deviation of ±33 K with calculated temperatures at a VCSEL modulation frequency of 800 kHz, which is sufficiently rapid enough to be used to investigate highly transient shock wave interaction processes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5680-5687
    Number of pages8
    JournalApplied Optics
    Volume57
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Jul 2018

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