Explosive laser light initiation of propellants

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:868789

Piltch, Martin S ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

A improved initiator for artillery shell using an explosively generated laser light to uniformly initiate the propellent. A small quantity of a high explosive, when detonated, creates a high pressure and temperature, causing the surrounding noble gas to fluoresce. This fluorescence is directed into a lasing material, which lases, and directs laser light into a cavity in the propellant, uniformly initiating the propellant.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5212339
• OSTI ID: 868789
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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temperature
causing
surrounding
noble
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fluoresce
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noble gas
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directs laser
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