TY - GEN
T1 - An extremely efficient supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser
AU - Barmashenko, B. D.
AU - Rybalkin, V.
AU - Katz, A.
AU - Rosenwaks, S.
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - The chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) is the most efficient and the shortest wavelength high-energy chemical laser. In this paper, a comparative study of the lasing power for transonic and supersonic injection schemes was performed. It shows that for supersonic mixing the output power and chemical efficiency are about 20% higher than for transonic mixing scheme. The maximum power for the supersonic mixing scheme is obtained for operation conditions of the ejector COIL when the secondary gas flow rate is about two times larger than the primary gas flow rate.
AB - The chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) is the most efficient and the shortest wavelength high-energy chemical laser. In this paper, a comparative study of the lasing power for transonic and supersonic injection schemes was performed. It shows that for supersonic mixing the output power and chemical efficiency are about 20% higher than for transonic mixing scheme. The maximum power for the supersonic mixing scheme is obtained for operation conditions of the ejector COIL when the secondary gas flow rate is about two times larger than the primary gas flow rate.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891888044&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312189
DO - 10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312189
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891888044
SN - 0780377346
SN - 9780780377349
T3 - Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest
SP - 128
BT - 2003 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/EUROPE 2003
T2 - 2003 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/EUROPE 2003
Y2 - 22 June 2003 through 27 June 2003
ER -