Nearly attaining the theoretical efficiency of supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine lasers

V. Rybalkin; A. Katz; B. D. Barmashenko; S. Rosenwaks

doi:10.1063/1.1836876

Nearly attaining the theoretical efficiency of supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine lasers

V. Rybalkin, A. Katz, B. D. Barmashenko, S. Rosenwaks

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Improving the chemical efficiency of the supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is a key issue for the design of devices for both defense and industrial applications. Efficiencies around 30% for the supersonic COIL have been the state of the art in the last decade. Here, we report the achievement of a record (40%) for the chemical efficiency of the supersonic COIL. More specifically, we show that by carefully studying and optimizing the operation of the chemical generator, the mixing of heavy and light molecules in the gas phase and the optical extraction efficiency, we have approached the theoretical limit for the chemical efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5851-5853
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	85
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1836876
State	Published - 13 Dec 2004

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