Title :
Parameter studies of pulsed HF lasers
Author_Institution :
Research Division Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The average output power of pulsed HF chemical lasers is found to depend strongly on the fluorine source used. The best performance was obtained from H2-C2F6-He mixes, which gave average powers of 850 mW and energies of 20 mJ/pulse. Peak gains of at least 0.036 cm-1are observed. Average powers of 450 mW from DF and 70 mW from HCl are reported.
Keywords :
Chemical lasers; Couplers; Gas lasers; Hafnium; Helium; Hydrogen; Laser excitation; Monitoring; Optical pulses; Power lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1971.1076626
