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Pulsed Photothermal Laser Deflection (PLD) is developed to make temporally and spatially resolved measurements of NO2 and smoke. The rapid response PLD signal is produced when a HeNe probe beam is deflected by a thermal lens produced by a pulsed XeCl-excimer laser pumped dye laser. The fast time response (≈30 ns) and good spatial resolution make the PLD method a candidate for future in situ measurements in turbulent engine exhausts. The PLD signals, measured in a sample cell, exhibit a linear response for NO2 concentrations from 3 ppm to 208 ppm and for smoke concentrations from 0.3 mg/m3 to 10 mg/m3. With a low pulse energy of ≈4 mJ, single-shot PLD measurements in a sample cell have accuracies of ± 14 ppm for NO2 indicating accuracies of ±0.7 mg/m3 for smoke. With increased pulse energy and multi-shot averaging, sensitivities of ± 0.4 ppm of NO2 or ± 20 µg/m3 of smoke are expected.
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Brown, T.M., Pitz, R.W., Hess, C.F. et al. Pulsed photothermal laser deflection for low-level smoke and NO2 measurements in engine exhausts. Appl. Phys. B 59, 351–356 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081404
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