Chemical Kinetics and Fluid Mechanical Aspects of Gas Lasers.

Abstract

The effect of reducing the ratio of CO2 to N2 was primarily studied. A program of measurement of gain in expanding CO2 laser mixtures at high pressure was carried out. Improved energy storage capability was successfully demonstrated through small signal gain measurements taken in a shock tube. This experimental approach allows the measurement of gain with various mixture ratios over a wide range of pressure conditions.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751694

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Gas Lasers
  • High Pressure
  • Kinetics
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Tubes
  • Storage
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers