Collision Studies of Gaseous Molecular Lasers

Abstract

Collisional relaxation studies under way at Princeton are reviewed. Three areas of research are involved: (1) Kinetic analysis of the CO laser system with updated rate information (2) Model studies to determine the key molecular parameters controlling collisional behavior (3) A stochastic theory for molecular collisions (4) Vibration-Rotation Collisions in H2-H2.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA033878

Entities

People

  • Herschel A. Rabitz

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Carbon Monoxide Lasers
  • Chemistry
  • Collisions
  • Computational Science
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy Levels
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • High Temperature
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Lasers
  • Low Temperature
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Quantum Numbers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers