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COLOR FIGURE 10.2 PIV cross-correlation peak.

Fluorescent particles

Focal plane

Device cover

Objective
Exciter Vector plot
532 nm
Filter cube

Laser
Emitter
610 nm
Beam
expander Computer
(post process)

CCD camera
(1280 × 1024)

COLOR FIGURE 10.3 Schematic of a µPIV system. A pulsed Nd:YAG laser is used to illuminate fluorescent
flow-tracing particles, and a cooled CCD camera is used to record the particle images.

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