Investigation of Small Transverse Electric CO2 Waveguide Lasers for Fuzing Applications.

Abstract

The properties of a compact, transversely excited, pulsed CO2 waveguide laser are studied experimentally with the application of such a laser for an optical fuze transmitter in mind. Such parameters as peak power, pulse width, pulse shape, pulse jitter, repetition rate, beam profile, polarization, laser life, and optimum as mixture are investigated both for 10.6 and 9.6 micron output wavelengths, and for both sealed-off and flowing-gas operation of the laser. A computer simulation of the laser's operation is compared with the experimental results. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122315

Entities

People

  • Dennis Mcguire
  • Uhrs Hochuli

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Computer Simulations
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Energy
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy Transfer
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flow Rate
  • Frequency
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Repetition Rate
  • Tea Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers