Two-dimensional thermometry using temperature-induced line shifts of ZnO:Zn and ZnO:Ga fluorescence
Gustaf Särner1, Mattias Richter, Marcus Aldén
1Division of Combustion Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. gustaf.sarner@forbrf.lth.se
Optics Letters
|June 17, 2008
Abstract:
Sensitive temperature-induced line shifts of the near-band-edge emission from ZnO:Ga and ZnO:Zn are investigated for two-dimensional (2D) thermometry with nanosecond time resolution. Spectral and temporal concerns for 2D measurements and the feasibility for utilizing the line shifts for temperature measurements using a spectral ratio are investigated. Owing to the high temperature sensitivity, a precision of 1% at 800 K is reported for spectral ratio measurements. The technique is demonstrated by 2D measurements of the liquid temperature of burning methanol droplets.


