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Title: Investigation of amplification of light by CO/sub 2/ molecules under conditions of supersonic mixing of H--H/sub 2/--Xe and CO/sub 2/--Cl/sub 2/--He streams

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

The results of measurements of the unsaturated gain K/sub 0/ under conditions of supersonic mixing of reagent streams show a satisfactory agreement with the corresponding results of calculations made using a quasione-dimensional mixing model and assuming that the Cl+H/sub 2/ ..-->.. HCl+H reaction is speeded up by vibrational excitation of the hydrogen molecules. The recorded values of K/sub 0/ indicate that an H--H/sub 2/--Cl/sub 2/--CO/sub 2/ laser with supersonic mixing of the reagents may be developed but the energy parameters are considerably inferior to those of similar DF--CO/sub 2/ and OD--CO/sub 2/ lasers.

Research Organization:
Engineering-Physics Institute, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6418627
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 14:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English