Brackmann Christian, Bood Joakim, Bengtsson Per-Erik, Seeger Thomas, Schenk Martin, Leipertz Alfred
Division of Combustion Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Appl Opt. 2002 Jan 20;41(3):564-72. doi: 10.1364/ao.41.000564.
The potential of measuring temperature and multiple species concentrations (N2, O2, CO) by use of combined vibrational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) and pure rotational CARS has been investigated. This was achieved with only one Nd:YAG laser and one dye laser together with a single spectrograph and CCD camera. From measurements in premixed sooting C2H4-air flames it was possible to evaluate temperatures from both vibrational CARS and rotational CARS spectra, O2 concentration from the rotational CARS spectra, and CO concentration from the vibrational CARS spectra. Quantitative results from premixed sooting C2H4-air flames are presented, and the uncertainties in the results as well as the possibility of extending the combined CARS technique for probing of additional species are discussed.
