title: Comparison between CARS and corrected thermocouple temperature measurements in a diffusion flame.
abstract: Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) has been used to obtain radial temperature profiles in an axisymmetric methane diffusion flame. Temperatures were obtained from analysis of background-free nitrogen Q- and O-branch spectra. The spectra were analyzed with a nonlinear least-squares CARS fitting program and compared to measurements from radiation- and conduction-corrected thermocouples. Excellent agreement was obtained in regions of relatively constant temperature, whereas improved CARS spatial resolution was required to obtain agreement near steep temperature gradients.
authors.affiliation: Sandia Laboratories, Applied Physics Division I, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Farrow
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Mattern
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rahn