Historical Perspective of COIL

Abstract

The oxygen-iodine laser was the first electronic transition chemical laser. It first lased 25 years ago at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory (now the Air Force Research Laboratory). The development started several years earlier and involved the support of many people in the laser community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 24, 2002
Accession Number
ADP012376

Entities

People

  • William E. Mcdermott

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Chlorine
  • Dissociation
  • Hydrogen
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Oxygen
  • Peroxides
  • Physics
  • Quantum Electronics
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Spectra
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics