A non-linear temperature calibration equation for filter selection in 2-D LIF thermometry approach

Abstract

Due to non-interruption of laser intensity and dye content, two-colour Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) ratio thermometry approach is widely used in the studies of fluid. Ratio of temperature sensitive dye Photo Luminescence (PL) intensity at two wave bands with different temperature sensitivity can efficiently remove interruption of laser intensity and dye content in time and space. To achieve high temperature sensitivity and Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) in these technique, selection of two wave bands’ peak wavelengths and band widths should be carefully considered. In this work, influences of peak wavelengths, band widths and SNR to temperature sensitivity of this two-colour LIF ratio thermometry approach are discussed. Temperature property of a traditional temperature sensitive dye (rhodamine B) aqueous solution is studied in a wide temperature range from -10°C to 90°C by spectroscopic method. A non-linear fitting method based on Arrhenius equation is present to accurate describe rhodamine B PL intensity decay along with increasing of temperature, achieving significant improved fitting accuracy compared with traditional linear fitting model. Based on this non-linear fitting method, influences of filters’ center wavelengths and band widths to temperature sensitivity are analyzed. These results give very important information of filter’s selection to ensure sufficient temperature sensitivity and SNR in two-colour LIF ratio thermometry approach.