Diode pumped solid state kilohertz disk laser system for time-resolved combustion diagnostics under microgravity at the drop tower Bremen

in: Review of Scientific Instruments (2014)
Paa, Wolfgang; Wagner, Volker; Triebel, Wolfgang; Klinkov, Konstantin; Eigenbrod, Christian; Larionov, Mikhail; Giesen, Adolf; Stolzenburg, Christian
We describe a specially designed diode pumped solid state laser system based on the disk laser architecture for combustion diagnostics under microgravity (µg) conditions at the drop tower in Bremen. The two-stage oscillator-amplifier-system provides an excellent beam profile (TEM00) at narrowband operation and is tunable from 1018 nm to 1052 nm. The laser repetition rate of up to 4 kHz at pulse durations of 10 ns enables the tracking of processes on a millisecond time scale. Depending on the specific issue it is possible to convert the output radiation up to the fourth harmonic around 257 nm. The very compact laser system is integrated in a slightly modified drop capsule and withstands decelerations of up to 40 g. At first the concept of the two-stage disk laser is briefly explained, followed by a detailed description of the disk laser adaption to the drop tower requirements and the extensive laser testing under µg conditions. In order to demonstrate the capabilities of the capsule laser as a tool for µg combustion diagnostics, we finally present an investigation of the pre-reactions before the droplet ignition using 2D imaging of the Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) of formaldehyde.

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