Device Development Program for Efficient Excitation of a Blue-Green Laser.

Abstract

A novel transverse/longitudinal double-discharge device, operated as an XeCl laser, has been evaluated as part of an effort to increase the efficiency of discharge-excited lasers for the Navy's proposed blue-green communications system. Experimental results showed that the stable operating regime of such a device is limited to gas compositions and pressures which do not optimize the chemical laser kinetics for the rare-gas halides. Theoretical computer predictions are compared with the experimental results. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA107073

Entities

People

  • D. E. Rothe
  • W. H. Long Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Dielectrics
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electric Power
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Gas Lasers
  • Geometry
  • Glow Discharges
  • Halogen Compounds
  • High Pressure
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Partial Pressure
  • Spark Gaps

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers