A purely chemical HCl laser employing transverse flow |
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| Authors: | Arnold S. Foster K. Snelling D. Suart R. |
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| Affiliation: | Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, Dept. of National Defence, Courcelette, Canada; |
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| Abstract: | A purely chemical continuous wave HCl laser has been developed. The purely chemical production of nonequilibrium concentrations of Cl atoms is achieved by a branched chain reaction between NO and ClO2. Three modes of accomplishing the prepumping chemistry are discussed and their effects on HCl laser performance are evaluated. A transverse flow laser was operated having a maximum HCl multiline output power of 4 W and a chemical efficiency of 6.6 percent based on the total exothermicity of the pumping reaction. |
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