• DocumentCode
    1075217
  • Title

    Performance and diagnostics of lasers initiated by the reaction of NO with ClO2

  • Author

    Arnold, Sara J. ; Foster, Kenneth D. ; Snelling, David R.

  • Author_Institution
    Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, Dept. of National Defence, Courcelette, Canada
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    10/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1141
  • Lastpage
    1146
  • Abstract
    A purely chemical HCl laser employing transverse flow was operated with a maximum multiline output power of 13 W which represents a chemical efficiency of 8.6 percent based on the total exothermicity of the pumping reaction. The required nonequilibrium concentration of Cl atoms was generated by the branched chain reaction of NO with ClO2. Mass spectrometric and absorption spectroscopic measurements of species concentrations in the NO/ClO2reaction system showed that the effectiveness of production of the branched chain decreased with inereasing total pressure.
  • Keywords
    Hydrogen halide lasers; Absorption; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Chemical lasers; Laser excitation; Mass spectroscopy; Power generation; Power lasers; Pressure measurement; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1979.1069908
  • Filename
    1069908
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1075217