Abstract
The chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is one of the most promising and extensively studied chemical lasers. Nevertheless, the mechanisms governing its operation are not yet fully understood and efforts are underway to find better singlet oxygen chemical generators and improve oxygen/iodine mixing schemes. The latter efforts are briefly reviewed and recent results of parametric studies of an efficient supersonic COIL operating in our laboratory are presented. The laser is energized by a jet type generator, operating without primary buffer gas and applies simple nozzle geometry and mixing of iodine and oxygen at or after the critical cross section.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 72-85 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 4351 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2001 |
| Event | High-Power Gas Lasers - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Duration: 26 Jun 2000 → 30 Jun 2000 |
Keywords
- Chemical oxygen-iodine lasers
- Grid nozzle
- Slit nozzle
- Supersonic mixing
- Transonic mixing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering