Carbon Monoxide Chemical Laser Research

Abstract

This report describes the research accomplished in the second quarter of the program entitled 'CO Chemical Laser Research'. The theoretical treatment of the cw CO chemical laser (Task 3) is the main subject of this report. In order to investigate the collisional relaxation effects occurring in CO chemical laser media, the master relaxation equations for CO-M systems were solved by computer calculations. The complete theory, including fluid flow, chemical kinetics, relaxation, and optical properties, is described in detail. The zero optical intensity theory is used to model the MDRL CO chemical laser for two cases of interest: with and without CO(300 K) injection into the reacting stream.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
ADA000853

Entities

People

  • William Q. Jeffers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Coefficients
  • Demography
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Fluid Flow
  • Kinetics
  • Lasers
  • Optical Properties
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy