Transverse flow CW atomic iodine laser system

Patent · Tue Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6033734

Schlie, L A; Rathge, R D

A transverse flow CW atomic iodine laser system uses a closed cycle fuel system to operate in a continuous mode. An elliptical pump cell having a Hg arc lamp cooled by deionized water irradiates with UV energy C/sub 3/F/sub 7/I gas to produce excited atomic iodine. A transverse flow section attached to the pump cell channels C/sub 3/F/sub 7/I gas into a laser cell where lasing occurs. The flow section has upstream and downstream flow cavities, triangular shaped, that channel the laser gas. A diffuser and flow straighteners are placed in these cavities to make the flow velocity across the transverse laser axis as uniform as possible so as to produce very stable laser gain output.

• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
• Patent Number(s): US 4535457
• OSTI ID: 6033734
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 27 Mar 1984; Other Information: PAT-APPL-593759
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
GAS LASERS
DESIGN
OPERATION
PUMPING
CARBON FLUORIDES
CURRENTS
DEIODINATION
DIFFUSERS
ELECTRIC ARCS
GAS FLOW
HYDRODYNAMICS
IODINE COMPOUNDS
LASER CAVITIES
LASER MATERIALS
PUMPS
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
VENTURI TUBES
WATER
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DEHALOGENATION
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FLUID FLOW
FLUID MECHANICS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LASERS
MATERIALS
MECHANICS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATIONS
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