New generation of copper vapor lasers for high-speed photography
Abstract
Copper vapor lasers (CVLs) have been used in high-speed photography and flow visualization to study spray droplets, projectiles, turbines, and textiles. Attention is presently given to a new design generation of CVLs which offer 25-35 nanosec pulse width, single/multiple flash, fiber-optic delivery of light, automatic synchronization, operation from single phase, and up to 32 kHz repetition frequency. An account is given of the results of illustrative applications of these CVLs.
- Publication:
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International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, 19th
- Pub Date:
- April 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.23973
- Bibcode:
- 1991SPIE.1358..811W
- Keywords:
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- Copper;
- Flow Visualization;
- High Speed Photography;
- Laser Outputs;
- Metal Vapor Lasers;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Laser Applications;
- Shadowgraph Photography;
- Shock Tubes;
- Stroboscopes;
- Lasers and Masers