Determination of singlet-oxygen generator efficiency on a 10-kW class supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser (RADICL)

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1759-1764

  Kendrick, Kip R ^a   Helms, Charles A ^a   Quillen, Brian G ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS LASERS; IODINE; OXYGEN;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN-IODINE LASER (COIL); SINGLET-OXYGEN GENERATOR (SOG);

CHEMICAL LASERS;

EID: 0033341573     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.806577     Document Type: Article

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