Repetitively pulsed, 70-J photolytic iodine laser with excellent optical and long/reliable operation

Schlie, L. A.; Rathge, R. D.

doi:10.1109/3.387045

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“…The gas temperature will also have an impact on the xenon laser efficiency as discussed in Chap. 4. In addition the use of control rods or other devices for control of the core is not discussed.…”

Section: Reactor Criticalitymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…4 HeKr and 3 He:Xe) [12]. These experiments demonstrated a very large absolutely calibrated output from a nuclear driven flashlamp within the absorption band of Nd 3+ that was larger than the comparable spectral output from a xenon arc lamp.…”

Section: Solidmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The fifth step is producing the laser. A highly efficient photolytic laser, such as iodine at 1315 nm, has an efficiency of η Laser .~30 % [4]. If a uranofullerene is mixed with the fluorescence medium, then the system efficiency of the nuclear-pumped laser (η ¼ η Neutron to ff η transport η f η phTr η Laser ) is around 2.9 %.…”

Section: Engineering a Nuclear-pumped Laser Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fluorescence studies of the 5 D 0 line in Eu 3+ were completed. A laser experiment was performed on a 30 cm long and 0.6 cm diameter cell filled with Eu 3+ (BTFA) 4 HDPh with an acetone solvent using the neutrons and gamma rays from the TIBR reactor as the pump source. The laser cavity used silver coated mirrors (one with a transmission coefficient of 1.7 % for the output mirror).…”

Section: Liquidmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reactor and Laser Coupling

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2016

Nuclear-Pumped Lasers

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This chapter discusses the design of how nuclear reactors are coupled to lasers. The design is complex in that there are many ways to interface the reactor, which serves as a neutron source, to the laser medium. There are issues with the fuel interface to the laser that includes the phase, the type of fuel, how the fuel is put into proximity to the laser medium and the potential chemical interactions of the fuel with the laser medium. The coupling of the optics to the laser medium is also an important consideration and how radiation damage may impact the optical components, structural materials and subsystems. There are also cooling and control issues as well.

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Section: Reactor Criticalitymentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Solidmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Engineering a Nuclear-pumped Laser Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Liquidmentioning

confidence: 99%

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