This book provides an in-depth treatment of the principles of Laser Doppler and Phase Doppler measuring techniques and extends them to also cover the time shift measurement technique for particle sizing. The book is intended as both a reference book and an instructional book and includes a large number of practical examples.

First comprehensive presentation of the PDA measuring technique Provides an account of the last 10 years of development in LDA The book is intended as both a reference book and an instructional book and includes a large number of practical examples Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- I: Fundamentals.- 2 Basic Measurement Principles.- 3 Fundamentals of Light Propagation and Optics.- 4 Light Scattering from Small Particles.- II: Measurement Principles.- 5 Signal Generation in Laser Doppler and Phase Doppler Systems.- 6 Signal Detection, Processing and Validation.- 7 Laser Doppler Systems.- 8 Phase Doppler Systems.- 9 Further Particle Sizing Methods Based on the Laser Doppler Technique.- III: Data Processing.- 10 Fundamentals of Data Processing.- 11 Processing of Laser Doppler Data.- 12 Processing of Phase Doppler Data.- IV: Application Issues.- 13 Choice of Particles and Particle Generation.- 14 System Design Considerations.- List of Symbols and Acronyms.- Derivation of Equations Describing a Laser Beam.- Internal and Near Field Solution.- References.- Books (or parts thereof) on the Laser or Phase Doppler Techniques.- Periodicals Dealing with the Laser or Phase Doppler Techniques.- Conference Series devoted to Laser or Phase Doppler Techniques.