Historical Perspective of COIL Diagnostics

Abstract

In this paper, a history is presented of the development of diagnostic techniques for the chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL). Several established optically based techniques have been applied to COIL including: visible and near infrared chemiluminescence, resonance absorption and laser induced fluorescence. The history of these developments is traced using the diagnostic methods as the overall theme. In many cases a variant of an established diagnostic was used to probe for some key kinetic rate or mechanism. Indeed, the goal of developing the now well established COIL kinetic rate package was responsible for the introduction of new diagnostic methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 24, 2002
Accession Number
ADP012382

Entities

People

  • Steven J. Davis

Organizations

  • Physical Sciences (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Detectors
  • Dissociation
  • Frequency Combs
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Mass Flow
  • Measurement
  • Resonance
  • Resonance Absorption
  • Spectroscopy
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers