Laser Raman Gas Diagnostics, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974

The Laser Raman Workshop on the r"eas urement of Gas Properti es i sone of aseries of occasional meetings organized in an informal workshop format through the stimulation of Project SQUID, Office of Naval Research. This workshop is the second to be organized on gas-phase applications of Raman scattering. Both Raman workshops were supported by Project SQUID, ONR, and the Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The first Raman Workshop was held at the AVCO Everett Research Laboratory, Everett, Massachusetts, with their co-sponsorship in January 1972 under the chairmanship of D. A. Leonard. The present meeting was co-sponsored by the General Electric Research and Development Center, and held at their facility in Schenectady, New York. We are grateful to Project SQUID, AFAPL, and GE for their generous financial support of this Workshop, and to Project SQUID for underwriting the publication costs of the Proceedings. As is always the case for successful meetings, many people contributed substantially to the organization and execution of this workshop. Professor Robert Goulard supported, aided, and encouraged us in the most helpful ways, and we are indebted to him. We received further valuable support and assistance from Dr. Ralph Roberts, Director, and Mr. James R. Patton, Jr., of the Power Branch, Office of Naval Research; from Dr. William H. Heiser, Chief Scientist of the Aero Propulsion Laboratory; and from Dr. James M.

Session I — Introduction; Density Measurements Session Chairman.- Laser Raman Scattering Applications.- Analysis of Raman Contours in Vibration-Rotation Spectra.- Measurement of Aircraft Turbine Engine Exhaust Emissions.- The Use of a Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Studying Rotational Raman Spectra of Gases.- Gas Concentration Measurement by Coherent Raman Anti-Stokes Scattering.- Session II — Temperature Measurements; Chemistry Session Chairman.- Flame Temperatures from Vibrational Raman Scattering.- Measurement of Vibrational and Rotational-Translational Temperatures Independently from Pure Rotational Raman Spectra.- Raman Scattering and Fluorescence Studies of Flames.- Measurement of Rotational Temperatures by Raman Spectroscopy: Application of Raman Spectroscopy to the Acquisition of Thermodynamic Values in a Chemical System.- Transient Flow Field Temperature Profile Measurement Using Rotational Raman Spectroscopy.- Low Temperature Measurements by Rotational Raman Scattering.- Session III — Resonance Effects; Remote Probes; Experimental Advances Session Chairman.- Light-Scattering and Fluorescence in the Approach to Resonance — Stronger Probing Processes.- Observation of S-Band Heads in the Resonance Raman Spectrum of Iodine Vapor.- Remote Raman Scattering Probes.- Rapid and Ultra Rapid Raman Spectroscopy.- Electronic Signal Processing for Raman Scattering Measurements.- Session IV — Technology Applications Session Chairman.- Introductory Remarks for Session on Technological Applications of Raman Scattering, with Emphasis on Fluid Mechanics and Combustion.- Laser Raman Scattering — A Technique for Arc-Tunnel Flow Calibration.- Results of Recent Applications of Raman Scattering to Research Problems at NASA Langley Research Center.- Raman Scattering Measurements of Mean Values and Fluctuations in Fluid Mechanics.- Raman Gas Mixing Measurements and Ramanography.- Raman Scattering with High Gain Multiple-Pass Cells.- Preliminary Results of Raman Scattering Diagnostics of Expansion Flows.- Study of Reactions Producing Vibrationally-Excited Nitrogen.- Application of Raman Scattering to Gasdynamic Flows.- Remote Raman Temperature Measurement with a Dye Laser.- Raman Spectroscopy of Some Hydrocarbons and Freons in the Gas Phase.- The Possible Application of Raman Scattering Measurements to Turbulent Mixing Layers.- Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy.- List of Attendees.- Author Index.