Pulsed Chemical Laser Technology Development Critical Design Review.

Abstract

This report on pulsed chemical laser technology contains diagrams, graphs and tables pertaining to army requirements and technology development. Requirements for army applications include: Closed system - a. blow down: chemical pump (Lithium) b. recirculating: lithium scrubber (LiF or NaF); Solid grain gas generators and Two color operation. The Scope of technology development include the followint tasks: Analysis - Kinetics and laser physics; Medium quality; Flow system analysis; Scaling analysis; Selection design and Fabrication; Diagnostics and performance testing; and Scalability design/analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1984
Accession Number
ADA166204

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Calibration
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Deuterium Fluoride Lasers
  • Digital Data
  • Dissociation
  • Flow
  • Laser Resonators
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optics
  • Photography
  • Pumps

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy