• DocumentCode
    1058406
  • Title

    A 0.2-GW pulsed H2-F2chemical laser initiated by an electron beam

  • Author

    Greiner, N.R. ; Blair, L.S. ; Bird, P.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N. Mex.
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    9/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    646
  • Lastpage
    647
  • Abstract
    Peak powers of 0.2 GW were obtained in 12-J pulses 60-ns full width at half maximum (FWHM) from a room-temperature atmospheric-pressure mixture of H2and F2initiated with an electron beam. The chemical efficiency was 0.25 percent and the electrical efficiency was ∼100 percent.
  • Keywords
    Atomic beams; Electron beams; Infrared detectors; Laser beams; Laser stability; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulsed laser deposition; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1974.1068366
  • Filename
    1068366
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1058406