Three-beam rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy thermometry in scattering environments
- 16 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 59 (27), 8293-8301
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.392110
Abstract
Three-beam rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) measurements performed in highly scattering environments are susceptible to contamination by two-beam CARS signals generated by the pump-probe and Stokes-probe interactions at the measurement volume. If this occurs, differences in the Raman excitation bandwidth between the two-beam and three-beam CARS signals can add significant errors to the spectral analysis. This interference, to the best of our knowledge, has not been acknowledged in previous three-beam rotational CARS experiments, but may introduce measurement errors up to 25% depending on the temperature, amount of scattering, and differences between the two-beam and three-beam Raman excitation bandwidths. In this work, the presence of two-beam CARS signal contamination was experimentally verified using a femtosecond-picosecond rotational CARS instrument in two scattering environments: (1) a fireball generated by a laboratory-scale explosion that contained particulate matter, metal fragments, and soot, and (2) a flow of air and small liquid droplets. A polarization scheme is presented to overcome this interference. By rotating the pump and Stokes polarizations +55 degrees and -55 degrees from the probe, respectively, the two-beam and three-beam CARS signals are orthogonally polarized and can be separated using a polarization analyzer. Using this polarization arrangement, the Raman-resonant three-beam CARS signal amplitude is reduced by a factor of 2.3 compared to the case where all polarizations are parallel. This method is successfully demonstrated in both scattering environments. A theoretical model is presented, and the temperature measurement error is studied for different experimental conditions. The criteria for when this interference may be present are discussed.Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-NA-0003525)
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