A SUPERSONIC MIXING C. W. CHEMICAL LASER,

Abstract

The reaction F + HCl yields HF + Cl has been used to produce C. W. chemical laser action. This has been accomplished by mixing two supersonic streams of the reactant species in a shock tunnel. The time duration of the laser action is two orders of magnitude longer than the natural laser pulse in a non-flowing system, i.e. it is limited only by the flow time of the shock tunnel. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0694357

Entities

People

  • J. R. Airey
  • S. F. Mckay

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Shock Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow