Carbon Monoxide Laser
Abstract
The main objective is the investigation of the pulsed electrical CO laser to determine the relevant scaling parameters and the usefulness of high power CO lasers in systems applications. The current contract has included parametric multiline/multimode performance measurements, investigation of the medium homogeneity using interferometric diagnostics, calculations of CO lineshift and linewidth as a function of pressure in CO-N2 mixtures and detailed parametric performance calculations for both single and multiline operation. The parametric performance calculations are described in an appendix to the present report and should prove to be useful for systems design considerations. The calculations have been made for single and multiline outputs as well as selected multiline output. Also included in this report are some detailed lineshift calculations in CO-N2 mixtures. The shifts are predicted to be less than 0.005/ cm per atmosphere N2.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0780274
Entities
People
- Robert E. Center