Soviet chemical laser research: pulsed lasers. Report for 1963--1970

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1971

OSTI ID:7286635

Ksander, Y

The document reviews Soviet work on pulsed chemical lasers published in the open litarature in 1963-1970. Whereas U. S. research combines the approaches of physics, quantum electrodynamics, and aerodynamics, Soviet laser research is heavily (and expertly) oriented to understanding the chemical reactions. They prefer pulsed to cw systems, concentrating on kinetics of vibrationally excited diatomic systems. The documents describe gas lasers with discharge, photolytic, and other initiation and includes research on HN/sub 3/ + CO/sub 2/ mixtures, and means of controlling reaction rates by resonant coupling and selective heating. The report also proposes a laser based on photorecombination of atoms.

• Research Organization: RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: DAHC15-67-C-0141
• OSTI ID: 7286635
• Report Number(s): AD-740312; R-921-ARPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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