PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE OF A CW CHEMICAL LASER,

Abstract

Preliminary performance of a CW chemical laser is presented. Hydrogen is diffused into a supersonic stream containing F atoms. Population inversion is due to the reaction H2 + F yields HF(v) + H, Delta H = -31.7 kcal/mol, v = 1,2. An atomic F flow rate of 0.030 moles/sec has produced 475 W of laser power. This represents 12% of the chemical energy involved in the above reaction. Zero power gain is 8%/cm. Spectroscopic observations of laser transitions are included. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1969
Accession Number
AD0704118

Entities

People

  • Donald J. Spencer
  • Harold Mirels
  • Rolf W. F. Gross
  • Theodore A. Jacobs

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Flow Rate
  • Gain
  • Hydrogen
  • Inversion
  • Lasers
  • Observation
  • Power Gain
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight