Femtosecond, two-photon, planar laser-induced fluorescence of carbon monoxide in flames

Two-photon, planar laser-induced fluorescence (TP-PLIF) of carbon monoxide was performed in steady and driven flames using femtosecond (fs) laser pulses at 1 kHz. Excitation radiation at 230.1 nm (full-width at half-maximum bandwidth of 270 cm(-1)) was used to pump many rovibrational two-photon transitions in the B-1 Sigma(+) <- X-1 Sigma(+) system. Visible fluorescence in the range 362-516 nm was captured using an image intensifier and high-speed camera. The signal dependence on excitation energy and wavelength is presented. Photolytic interferences from the ultraviolet laser were explored in a sooting diffusion flame. Using an excitation laser intensity of 1010 W/cm(2), negligible photolytic interferences were observed, and PLIF imaging of dynamic flame events was performed at 1 kHz.