Title :
Nonlinear-optical imaging and tagging of atoms and molecules in plasmas and gas flows
Author :
Zheltikov, A.M. ; Akimov, D.A. ; Fedotov, A.B. ; Koroteev, N.I. ; Miles, R.B. ; Naumov, A.N. ; Sidorov-Biyukov, D.A.
Author_Institution :
International Laser Center, Moscow State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
Summary form only given.Recently, much attention has been focused on the development of experimental techniques for the visualization of spatial distributions of atoms and molecules in plasmas and flames and velocity profiles in gas flows. In this paper, we discuss the possibilities of two nonlinear-optical techniques that use Raman resonances-coherent hyper-Raman four-wave mixing and Raman excitation + laser-induced electronic fluorescence for plasma imaging and flow tagging.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; flow visualisation; multiwave mixing; optical images; plasma diagnostics; Raman excitation; Raman resonances; atom tagging; coherent hyper-Raman four-wave mixing; flow tagging; gas flows; laser-induced electronic fluorescence; nonlinear-optical imaging; nonlinear-optical techniques; plasma imaging; plasmas; spatial distributions; velocity profiles; Atomic beams; Fires; Fluid flow; Four-wave mixing; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Plasmas; Resonance; Tagging; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-541-2
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC.1998.680311
