Investigation of Plasma Processes in Electronic Transition Lasers.

Abstract

United Technologies Research Center is conducting a theoretical investigation of the fundamental processes affecting the operation, performance and application of electrically excited lasers having potential utility in a variety of areas of importance to the Navy. Particular attention is presently focused on the broadband Xenon Fluoride (C yields A) laser, which has the potential for efficient, tunable operation throughout the blue-green spectral region. The research at UTRC is closely coordinated with a complementary ONR-supported experimental program being conducted at Rice University. This Annual Report summarizes recent results of this investigation, and includes reprints of recently published papers in which specific results and conclusions of the research are described in detail. Additional keywords: e-beam excited XeF laser; rare gas-halide lasers; blue-green lasers; visible lasers; transient absorption in the visible region; rare gas-halide mixture synthesis; efficient XeF laser. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149682

Entities

People

  • W. L. Nighan

Organizations

  • United Technologies Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Broadband
  • Fluorides
  • Halides
  • Lasers
  • Transitions
  • Universities
  • Xenon Fluoride Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics