Spatial distribution of the gain and temperature across the flow in a slit-nozzle supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser with transonic and supersonic schemes of iodine injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1398-1405

  Rybalkin, V ^a   Katz, A ^a   Bruins, E ^a   Furman, D ^a   Barmashenko, B D ^a   Rosenwaks, S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemical lasers; Iodine; Oxygen; Power lasers

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; IODINE; LASER RESONATORS; NOZZLES; TRANSONIC FLOW;

POWER LASERS;

CHEMICAL LASERS;

EID: 0036793443     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.802966     Document Type: Article

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