Efficient electrical initiation of an HF chemical laser

Mangano, J. A.; Limpaecher, R.; Daugherty, J. D.; Russell, Frank

doi:10.1063/1.88451

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“…The rare-gas dimers have long been known [l-81. Lasers have been developed based on both the rare-gas dimers and rare-gas-halogen dimers [19][20][21][22].…”

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Chemistry in mixtures of Kr with Ar and He illuminated with Kr resonance radiation

Young¹

1982

Int J of Chemical Kinetics

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The formation and destruction of excited rare-gas dimers have been studied using resonance optical excitation of high-pressure gas mixtures containing Kr. From an analysis of the resulting emission, 19 reaction rate coefficients have been inferred. It is concluded that atom-atom interchange processes play a major role in rare-gas eximer formation, and that stepwise relaxation down the eximer vibrational ladder is less important than multistep relaxation due to atom-atom exchange in the excited eximer.Of the 29 reactions listed in Table I and the 23 reactions listed in Table I1 which could occur in mixtures of Kr with Ar or He, reactions (l), (3) + (4), and (18) have been measured by Turner [32] (as 1.3 X and 7.6 X in s-l, cm3/s, and cm6/s, as appropriate), while Hughes' has measured ky, kq, and k17 (5.3 X lo6, 5.5 X This paper describes spectroscopic measurements on mixtures of Kr and other gases when this mixture is excited by the 123.6-nm resonance line of Kr from an optically thick source. These measurements are interpreted to give the reaction rates of reactions (relative to the reaction rates of reactions Hughes [31] has measured k7 to be 5.3 X lo6 sl, k3 + kq = 5.5 X lo-?' , and h17 = 1.75 X 108. 4 X 1.8 X lo8).

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“…The rare-gas dimers have long been known [l-81. Lasers have been developed based on both the rare-gas dimers and rare-gas-halogen dimers [19][20][21][22].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chemistry in mixtures of Kr with Ar and He illuminated with Kr resonance radiation

Young¹

1982

Int J of Chemical Kinetics

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“…The hopefulness of pulsed chemical lasers using the chain reaction of fluorine with hydrogen to create the inversion of population, from the point of view of obtaining the high specffic output energy and physical efficiency, has been performed already in 70th for the small pilot models by many investigators [1,2].…”

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Pulsed periodical chemical laser based on chain reaction of fluorine and hydrogen with pulse energy near 5 kJ and repetition rate near 1 Hz

Velikanov¹,

Kirillov²,

Sinitzyn³

et al. 1997

SPIE Proceedings

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“…High energy HF lasers have been produced using gas mixtures of either C2H6 and SF6 or H2 and F2. In the first case, the reactions of interest are: e +SF6 -.e+SF5+F (1) e + SF6 e + SF4 + 2F (2) F + C2H6 HF* + C2H5. (3) The electrons in equations (1) and (2) are secondary or tertiary electrons produced when high-energy electrons, produced by the electron accelerator, collides with gas atoms or molecules.…”

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“…(3) The electrons in equations (1) and (2) are secondary or tertiary electrons produced when high-energy electrons, produced by the electron accelerator, collides with gas atoms or molecules. The third reaction produces HF excited up to the third vibrational level.…”

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<title>High Energy Hf Pulsed Lasers</title>

Patterson¹,

Gerber²

1976

SPIE Proceedings

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Recent experiments show that pulsed HF lasers are capable of producing high energy with good efficiency.Preliminary experiments show that the laser radiation from the high -gain medium can be controlled with a low -power probe laser beam or with low -level feedback. These results indicate that the HF laser may have potential for second -generation laser fusion experiments. AbstractRecent experiments show that pulsed HF lasers are capable of producing high energy with good efficiency. Preliminary experiments show that the laser radiation from the high-gain medium can be controlled with a low-power probe laser beam or with low-level feedback. These results indicate that the HF laser may have potential for second-generation laser fusion experiments.

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Efficient electrical initiation of an HF chemical laser

Cited by 20 publications

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Chemistry in mixtures of Kr with Ar and He illuminated with Kr resonance radiation

Chemistry in mixtures of Kr with Ar and He illuminated with Kr resonance radiation

Pulsed periodical chemical laser based on chain reaction of fluorine and hydrogen with pulse energy near 5 kJ and repetition rate near 1 Hz

<title>High Energy Hf Pulsed Lasers</title>

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