A purely chemical HCl laser

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89266· OSTI ID:7310026

Arnold, S J; Foster, K D; Snelling, D R; Suart, R D

The kinetics of the purely chemical production of nonequilibrium concentrations of Cl atoms from the ClO/sub 2//NO chain reaction is discussed. It is shown that this chemical system is suitable for producing Cl atoms to pump a cw HCl laser and that there are three modes of accomplishing the prepumping chemistry. A hybrid HCl/CO/sub 2/ laser was operated using this chemistry which gave 7 mW output power at 10.6 ..mu..m. A transverse flow HCl laser was operated having a multiline output power of 13 W and a chemical efficiency of 8%. The three modes of accomplishing the chemistry were demonstrated with a transverse flow HCl laser.

• Research Organization: Centre de Recherches pour la Defense, Defence Research Establishment, Valcartier, Quebec, Canada
• OSTI ID: 7310026
• Journal Information: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 30:12; ISSN APPLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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