Enhanced flow visualization with near-resonant holographic interferometry.
Holographic interferometry measurements have been performed on high-speed, high-temperature gas flows with a laser output tuned near a resonant sodium transition. The technique allows the detection and quantification of the sodium concentration in the flow. By controlling the laser detuning and seeded sodium concentration, we performed flow visualization in low-density flows that are not normally detectable with standard interferometry. The technique was also successfully used to estimate the temperature in the boundary layer of the flow over a flat plate.
McIntyre
Timothy J
TJ
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia. mcintyre@physics.uq.edu.au
Bishop
Alexis I
AI
Eichmann
Troy N
TN
Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Halina
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