A Z-Pinch Photo-Pumped Pulsed Atomic Iodine Laser.

Abstract

A pulsed atomic iodine laser (CF3I) was designed and constructed using a coaxial xenon flash lamp as a pump source. The flash lamp was operated at low pressure to obtain pulse compression via xenon self-pinch. Electrical and optical diagnostics were performed for various xenon and CF3I pressures. Calorimeter data and burn patterns were obtained for the laser. Time-resolved spectroscopic data were taken throughout the CF3I pump band. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA140033

Entities

People

  • D. H. Stone
  • D. P. Saunders
  • M. C. Clark

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Classification
  • Compression
  • Flash Lamps
  • Governments
  • Inner Tubes
  • Lamps
  • Laser Pulses
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Optics
  • Pulse Compression
  • Radiation
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Z-Pinches

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers