SUPERSONIC CW CHEMICAL HF LASER WITH A 3- JET NOZZLE ARRAY

Authors
GALAEV II KONKIN SV KRIVITSKII AM REBONE VK ROTINYAN MA TRETYAKOV NE FEDOROV IA
Citation
Ii. Galaev et al., SUPERSONIC CW CHEMICAL HF LASER WITH A 3- JET NOZZLE ARRAY, Kvantovaa elektronika, 23(3), 1996, pp. 217-221
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Kvantovaa elektronika → ACNP
ISSN journal
03687147
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
217 - 221
Database
ISI
SICI code
0368-7147(1996)23:3<217:SCCHLW>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
An experimental investigation was made of the operational characterist ics of a self-contained supersonic cw chemical HF laser. A three-jet n ozzle array with reagent jets separated spatially by helium jets was u sed. This nozzle array (replacing its two-jet analogue) made it possib le to increase by a factor of 1.20-1.35 the energy characteristics of the laser and by a factor of 1.4-1.7 (up to 125-150 mm) the length of the active medium, and at the same time reduce by 30 % the level of op tical inhomogeneities in this medium.