• DocumentCode
    1143469
  • Title

    The F + H2O chemical laser

  • Author

    Florin, Alexa ; Jensen, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Calif., Los Alamos Sci. Lab., Los Alamos, NM, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    9/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    472
  • Lastpage
    473
  • Abstract
    Laser oscillation, restricted by energy limitations to transitions from first vibrationallevel to ground state, has been observed from HF produced by the reaction of the F atom on H2O initiated by pulsed electric discharge in flowing mixed F2-H20-He gases at 10 torr.
  • Keywords
    Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Chemical lasers; Gas lasers; Gases; Hafnium; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1971.1076828
  • Filename
    1076828