A New Energy Transfer Chemical Laser at 1.315 Microns

Abstract

CW laser action has been demonstrated on the electronic I(*) - I transition of atomic iodine at 1.315 microns from the NCL(a) + I energy transfer reaction. The stimulated emission was generated in a transverse subsonic flow device when hydrogen azide, HN3, was injected into a flow of iodine and chlorine atoms. The measured laser output power was 180 mW.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 2000
Accession Number
ADA406374

Entities

People

  • Gerald C. Manke Ii
  • Gordon D. Hager
  • Michael R. Berman
  • Thomas L. Henshaw
  • Timothy J. Madden

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Chemistry
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optomechanics
  • Scattering
  • Subsonic Flow
  • Transitions
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics