Carbon Monoxide (CO) - LIF:

Transition: B1S+ - X1S+ (0,0) and (1,1) bands of CO (two-photon LIF)

Appearance of the CO B-X bands: Degraded to the violet

Excitation wavelength: 230,5 to 229,5 nm

Flame/Burner: methane/air (CH4/air) flame of a Bunsen burner

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Grating: 100 lines/mm, UV and VIS excitation, Emissions: 175 to 565 nm, above cone

EES, point of measurement:

   center (inner range of the flame), above cone

Excitation wavelength:

   UV: 238,50 nm to 227,00 nm

   VIS:477,00 nm to 454,00 nm

   (UV and VIS simultaneously)

Emission wavelength:

   175 nm to 565 nm

EES, point of measurement:

   off-center (outer range of the flame), above cone

Excitation wavelength:

   UV:  238,50 nm to 227,00 nm

   VIS: 477,00 nm to 454,00 nm

   (UV and VIS simultaneously)

Emission wavelength:

   175 nm to 565 nm

Single Image:

   local distribution of signals inside the flame

Excitation wavelength:

   UV: 226,00 nm

   VIS: 452,00 nm

   (UV and VIS simultaneously)

Detected signals:

  Rayleigh scattering: UV and VIS

   CO-LIF B-X / from B-X (0,0) excitation:

(two-photon LIF - Hopfield-Birge bands, starting at 230,11 nm, degraded to the violet)

   CO-LIF emissions (from B-X (0,0) excitation):

CO-LIF Angstrom bands: 451 nm, 483 nm, 520 nm, 561 nm,  ...

   CO-LIF B-X / from B-X (1,1) excitation:

(two-photon LIF - Hopfield-Birge bands, starting at 230,26 nm, degraded to the violet)

   CO-LIF emissions (from B-X (1,1) excitation):

CO-LIF Angstrom bands: 412 nm, 439 nm

   NO-LIF A-X / from A-X (0,1) and (2,3) excitations:

(starting at 236,9 nm (0,1) and 231,5 nm (2,3))

   NO-LIF A-X emissions:

(317 nm, 301 nm, 286 nm, 272 nm, 260 nm, 248 nm, 237 nm, 227 nm)

   Rayleigh and NO-LIF in 2nd order

Detected signals:

   Rayleigh scattering: UV and VIS

   NO-LIF A-X / from A-X (0,1) and (2,3) excitations:

(starting at 236,9 nm (0,1) and 231,5 nm (2,3))

   NO-LIF A-X emissions:

( 317 nm, 301 nm, 286 nm, 272 nm, 260 nm, 248 nm, 237 nm, 227 nm)

   Rayleigh and NO-LIF in 2nd order

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CCD dynamic: 12 bit / ICCD gain: 9,0 / entrance slit: 80 mm / sum of pulses: 80 /

UV pulse energy: about  4,3  to 3,5 mJ/pulse

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