• DocumentCode
    3152010
  • Title

    An extremely efficient supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser

  • Author

    Barmashenko, B.D. ; Rybalkin, V. ; Katz, A. ; Rosenwaks, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Ben-Gurion Univ. of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    128
  • Abstract
    The chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) is the most efficient and the shortest wavelength high-energy chemical laser. In this paper, a comparative study of the lasing power for transonic and supersonic injection schemes was performed. It shows that for supersonic mixing the output power and chemical efficiency are about 20% higher than for transonic mixing scheme. The maximum power for the supersonic mixing scheme is obtained for operation conditions of the ejector COIL when the secondary gas flow rate is about two times larger than the primary gas flow rate.
  • Keywords
    chemical lasers; iodine; mixing; oxygen; supersonic flow; O2-I2; gas flow rate; mixing scheme; supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser; supersonic injection schemes; transonic injection scheme; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Chemical lasers; Helium; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Nitrogen; Physics; Power generation; Stationary state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7734-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312189
  • Filename
    1312189