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Title:
CO Chemical laser produced by laser induced chemistry of CSCl.sub.2
Abstract:
The R.sub.(48) (992 cm.sup.-1) line of a tunable cw multiline CO.sub.2 laser is used to dissociate thiophosgene (CSCl.sub.2) to produce the excited radical, CS*, homogenously in a laser chamber containing premixed O.sub.2. The R.sub.(48) (992 cm.sup.-1) line of the CO.sub.2 laser is resonant with the 2.nu..sub.2 (992 cm.sup.-1) overtone of CSCl.sub.2. This line is strongly absorbed by the CSCl.sub.2 which dissociates (80%) into 2 Cl and CS*. The CS* reacts with the premixed O.sub.2 to chemically produce excited CO which subsequently lases.
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Inventors:
Merritt, James A. (Pulaski, TN, US)
Application Number:
052045
Filing Date: 1979-06-25 Publication_date: 1981-04-28 Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC)
Primary Class(es):
372/55
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:
| 4099138 | Jul, 1978 | Jeffers et al. | 331/94. |
Other Refs:
Other References:
"Thermochemical Generation of CS and S for CO Chemical Lasers", by Richarn et al.; Jour. of App. Phys., vol. 48, No. 6 (Jun. '77) pp. 2509-2514. "Thermochemical Generation of CS for CO Chemical Lasers" by Buonadonna et al.; AIAA Journal, vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 1106-1110 (Aug. '76). "Combustor-driven laser" by Richardson et al.; Laser Focus (Jun. '78) pp. 50-54. "Dynamics of the CS.sub.2 -O.sub.2 Flame" by Howgrate et al.; Jour. of Chem. Phys., vol. 59, No. 6 (Sep. '73) p. 2815. |