C. Orlemann et al., NO-flow tagging by photodissociation of NO2. A new approach for measuring small-scale flow structures, CHEM P LETT, 307(1-2), 1999, pp. 15-20
A new flow tagging technique was developed which visualizes small-scale flo
w structures by writing a spatial line of NO into an air flow homogeneously
seeded with NO2. The NO-line was generated by photodissociation of NO2 at
308 nm using a XeCl excimer laser and was imaged by planar laser-induced fl
uorescence at various delays after its formation. With seeding levels of 60
0 ppm, signal-to-noise levels are shown to be sufficient for detecting the
shifted structure at delays of up to 20 ms. The technique was used to resol
ve small scale turbulent flow structures within a quartz cell. (C) 1999 Els
evier Science B.V. All rights reserved.