Modeling of the ElectriCOIL system

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1150-1159

  Carroll, David L ^a   Verdeyen, Joseph T ^a   King, Darren M ^a   Woodard, Brain S ^b   Skorski, Lawrence W ^b   Zimmerman, Joseph W ^b   Solomon, Wayne C ^b  

^a CU Aerospace   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen iodine laser; Chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL); Discharge oxygen iodine laser (DOIL); Electric discharge oxygen iodine laser (ElectriCOIL); Radio frequency (RF) excitation of oxygen; Singlet delta oxygen

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRONS; IODINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

DISCHARGE OXYGEN IODINE LASER; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE OXYGEN IODINE LASER; SINGLET-DELTA OXYGEN;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0141628737     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.816091     Document Type: Article

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