Modeling of Flowing Plasmas and Pulse Power Schemes for O2(1Delta) Production for Chemical Lasers

Abstract

The objectives of the research program were met. Significant progress was made in improving our understanding of the plasma kinetics of O2(1Delta) production for pumping of eCOILs. Advances were made in 3 areas: (1) pulse power schemes, (2) use of additives and (3) high pressure operation. Methods and scaling laws were developed to optimize the yield of O2(1Delta) in flowing plasmas in each of these areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 19, 2008
Accession Number
ADA476098

Entities

People

  • Mark Kushner

Organizations

  • Iowa State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Electric Fields
  • Electronic Mail
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Pressure
  • Kinetics
  • Scaling Laws
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers