title: Instantaneous temperature field measurements using planar laser-induced fluorescence.
abstract: A single-pulse, laser-induced-fluorescence diagnostic for the measurement of two-dimensional temperature fields in combustion flows is described. The method uses sheet illumination from a tunable laser to excite planar laserinduced fluorescence in a stable tracer molecule, seeded at constant mole fraction into the flow field. The temporal resolution of this technique is determined by the laser pulse length. Experimental results are presented for a rodstabilized, premixed methane-air flame, using the Q(1) (22) line of the nitric oxide A(2) Sigma(+) (v = 0) ? X(2)II((1/2))(v = 0) transition (lambda approximately 225.6 nm).
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Seitzman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kychakoff
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Hanson