Chemical Laser Analysis Development. Volume I. Laser and Mixing Program Theory and User's Guide.

Abstract

A new Laser And Mixing Program (LAMP) is described which considers the coupling between gasdynamic properties, cavity characteristics, and resulting laser radiation for diffusion-type chemical laser oscillator cavities. The formulation assumes parallel mixing and constant lateral pressure with lasing due to single or multiple transitions between certain vibrational/rotational molecular energy levels. Excitation of the active medium traversing a Fabry-Perot optical cavity is caused by highly exothermic reactions between gradually mixing reactants discharged from a grid nozzle. Uniform, premixed inviscid laser cavity flows can be investigated as a special case of the more general analysis. The report contains a description of the analysis as well as a user's manual. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0775411

Entities

People

  • A. J. Mcdanal
  • Alan W. Ratliff
  • Juergen Thoenes
  • Sheldon D. Smith

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Couplings
  • Diffusion
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Energy Levels
  • Excitation
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optomechanics
  • Oscillators
  • Radiation
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers