Solar simulator-pumped gas laser for the direct conversion of solar energy. [Perfluoropropyliodide lasant]

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5357113

Weaver, W R; Lee, J H

The solar pumping of a gas laser scalable to high power levels was achieved. The solar radiation was from a xenon arc solar simulator with a 4-kW beam power and a spectral distribution of air mass zero to an accuracy of about 20%. With the lasant perfluoropropyliodide (C/sub 3/F/sub 7/I), continuous lasing at a power output exceeding 4 watts were obtained for a single static fill. 12 refs.

• Research Organization: NASA, Langley Res Cent, Hampton, Va, USA
• OSTI ID: 5357113
• Report Number(s): CONF-810812-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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42 ENGINEERING
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ANALOG SYSTEMS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONVERSION
ENERGY CONVERSION
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GAS LASERS
LASER MATERIALS
LASERS
MATERIALS
OPTICAL PUMPING
PUMPING
SIMULATORS
SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR SIMULATORS
USES