By: Katsunori Muraoka, Mitsuo Maeda, Mark Bowden (Transcribed by)

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Updated and expanded from the original Japanese edition, Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Gases and Plasmas takes a unique approach in treating laser-aided diagnostics. The book unifies the subject by joining applications instead of describing each application as a totally separate system. In taking this approach, it highlights the relative strengths of each method and shows how they can complement each other in the study of gases and plasmas.
The first part of the book presents a general introduction to the laser-aided study of gases and plasmas, including the various principles and hardware needed for each method, while the second part describes the applications of each general system in detail.
Beneficial to a wide spectrum of academic and industrial researchers, this book provides a solid examination of the various options and methods available when involved in the analysis and diagnostics of gases and plasmas.

Professors Muraoka and Maeda are longtime pioneers in laser-aided diagnostics of plasmas and gases. This book provides a wide-ranging unified description of techniques including their principles, applications and laser hardware. The text can be strongly recommended either for graduate students or for people working in diagnostics of plasmas and gases. Dr Jayr de Amorim Filho, Instituto Tecnolsgico de Aeronautica, Brazil ors Muraoka and Maeda are longtime pioneers in laser-aided diagnostics of plasmas and gases. This book provides a wide-ranging unified description of techniques including their principles, applications and laser hardware. The text can be strongly recommended either for graduate students or for people working in diagnostics of plasmas and gases. Dr Jayr de Amorim Filho, Instituto Tecnolsgico de Aeronautica, Brazil

Foreword	p. ix
Fundamentals	p. 1
Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Gases and Plasmas	p. 3
Properties of Gases	p. 4
Classification of Gaseous States	p. 4
Fundamental Parameters used to describe Gases	p. 5
Properties of Plasmas	p. 6
Different Areas of Plasma Applications	p. 6
Fundamental Parameters used to describe Plasmas	p. 8
Summary	p. 11
Different States of Matter and their Kinetic Properties	p. 13
Characteristics of Laser Light	p. 14
Coherence	p. 14
Short Pulse Generation	p. 19
Advantages of Laser-Aided Measurement Methods	p. 21
References	p. 25
Basic Principles of Different Laser-Aided Measurement Techniques	p. 26
Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Single Particles	p. 27
Thomson Scattering by Charged Particles	p. 28
Mie and Rayleigh Scattering	p. 29
Raman Scattering	p. 31
Resonant Absorption	p. 32
Photo-Ionization	p. 33
Laser Propagation through Gases and Plasmas	p. 33
Reflection	p. 33
Transmission	p. 36
Refraction	p. 43
Scattering	p. 45
Photo-Ionization	p. 52
Spectral Profile Measurements	p. 54
Summary of Line Broadening Mechanisms	p. 54
Examples of Spectral Widths	p. 56
Spectral Profile Measurement Techniques	p. 57
References	p. 59
Hardware for Laser Measurements	p. 60
Lasers	p. 60
Overview of Laser Systems	p. 60
Control of Laser Light	p. 66
Gas Lasers	p. 70
Solid-State and Semiconductor Diode Lasers	p. 75
Tunable Lasers	p. 79
Nonlinear Wavelength Conversion Devices	p. 82
Nonlinear Optical Effects	p. 82
Higher Harmonic Generation and Frequency Mixing	p. 85
Optical Parametric Oscillators	p. 87
Stimulated Scattering	p. 88
Optical Elements and Optical Instruments	p. 90
Dispersion Elements and Spectrometers	p. 90
Interferometers	p. 93
Optical Waveguides	p. 97
Other Optical Elements	p. 99
Detectors and Signal Processing	p. 103
Light Detectors	p. 103
Imaging Detectors	p. 108
Noise Sources and Signal Recovery	p. 110
Observation of Fast Waveforms	p. 112
References	p. 113
Applications and Measurements	p. 115
Plasma Measurements	p. 117
Overview of Plasma Spectroscopic Methods	p. 117
Laser-Aided Measurements in High-Temperature Plasmas	p. 121
Measurement of Plasma Density and Temperature	p. 121
Measurement of Density and Temperature of Neutral and Impurity Species	p. 131
Measurement of Electric and Magnetic Fields and Plasma Fluctuations	p. 136
Laser-Aided Measurements in Discharge Plasmas	p. 138
Measurement of Electric Field	p. 139
Measurement of Electron Density and Temperature	p. 153
Measurement of Reaction Products	p. 179
References	p. 185
Combustion Measurements	p. 188
Combustion Fields and Laser-Aided Measurements	p. 188
Measurement of Particle Densities	p. 189
Measurement of Temperature	p. 193
Measurement of Velocity	p. 196
Examples of Combustion Measurements	p. 196
Measurements by Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy	p. 197
Measurements by Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy	p. 201
Measurements by Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing	p. 204
References	p. 206
Measurements in Gas Flow Systems	p. 207
Measurement of Refractive Index Changes (Density Measurements)	p. 208
Schlieren Method	p. 209
Shadowgraphy	p. 211
Interferometry	p. 212
Holography	p. 213
Measurement of Flow Velocity	p. 214
Measurement Techniques	p. 215
Examples of Measurements	p. 218
Imaging of Gas Flows by Laser-Induced Fluorescence	p. 222
Measurement of Density Distributions	p. 224
Measurement of Temperature Distributions	p. 226
References	p. 229
Laser Processing Measurements	p. 230
Laser Processing	p. 230
Measurement Methods in Laser Processing	p. 234
Different Methods and their Advantages	p. 234
Detection of Atomic and Molecular Species	p. 237
Examples of Laser Processing Measurements	p. 240
Measurements of Laser CVD Processes	p. 241
Measurements of Laser Ablation Processes	p. 247
References	p. 256
Analytical Chemistry	p. 258
Analytical Chemistry and Laser Spectroscopy	p. 258
Examples of Analysis using Laser Spectroscopic Techniques	p. 260
Analysis using Laser Raman Spectroscopy	p. 260
Analysis using Laser-Induced Emission Spectroscopy	p. 262
Analysis using Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy	p. 264
Analysis using Laser Ionization Spectroscopy	p. 268
Analysis using Laser Photothermal Spectroscopy	p. 271
References	p. 274
Remote Sensing	p. 276
LIDAR and Monitoring of the Atmosphere	p. 276
LIDAR Theory	p. 277
Different LIDAR Techniques	p. 278
Representative LIDAR Experiments	p. 280
Mie Scattering LIDAR	p. 280
Rayleigh Scattering LIDAR	p. 283
Differential Absorption LIDAR (DIAL)	p. 285
Raman LIDAR	p. 289
References	p. 290
Index	p. 291
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ISBN: 9780750306430
ISBN-10: 0750306432
Series: Series in Plasma Physics
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 200
Published: 7th December 2000
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.6  x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.658