CAREER: Ultrafast Time/Frequency Domain Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy for Combustion and Plasma Systems
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Optimization of combustion and plasma systems is important for a wide range of applications, from clean power generation to materials processing.  The objective of this research is to significantly enhance the knowledge and understanding of non-equilibrium gas-phase chemistry in novel combustion and plasma systems through the development and use of a new laser spectroscopic approach known as ultrafast time/frequency domain coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy.  This technique has the potential to overcome many of the shortcomings of conventional laser diagnostic appr