Extraction Efficiency Uniformity in Rare Gas Halide Lasers,

Abstract

The dependence of the extraction efficiency on the temporal variations in the quenching rate, absorption, and upper level formation rate is analyzed for rare gas halide lasers. The influence of these effects on laser output irradiance uniformity is significant, and it is shown that the optimum laser design is obtained by a compromise between maximum extraction efficiency and output uniformity. The results are presented in a parametric manner for general applicability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA248824

Entities

People

  • R. Scheps

Organizations

  • Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Abstracts
  • Efficiency
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Excimer Lasers
  • Extraction
  • Kinetics
  • Krypton Fluoride Lasers
  • Laser Mediums
  • Lasers
  • Optics
  • Physics
  • Quenching
  • Rate Of Formation
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers