A Study of Energy Transfer Processes in Molecular Lasers

Abstract

The carbon monoxide laser is one of the most promising systems currently available for the efficient generation of infrared radiation in the wavelength region from 5 to 8 microns. A detailed model of the kinetic processes which govern the performance of this laser has been programmed for the IBM 360/ 67 computer. The temporal development of vibrational populations has been computed, and shown to converge to steady state solution generated elsewhere from algebraic computation. A careful investigation of scattering data shows an apparent discrepancy in the potential used to describe the interaction of the CO molecule with argon atoms. An experimental facility has been developed for observation of spontaneous emission from various molecular transitions in the CO laser.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1971
Accession Number
AD0728054

Entities

People

  • Alexander J. Glass
  • Edward R. Fisher
  • Ralph H. Kummler
  • Richard Marriott

Organizations

  • Wayne State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Carbon Monoxide Lasers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Collisions
  • Computers
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Molecular Lasers
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Spin-Orbit Interaction
  • Steady State
  • Vibrational Relaxation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers