Effect of iodine dissociation in an auxiliary discharge on gain in a pulser-sustainer discharge excited oxygen-iodine laser

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hicks, A ^a   Bruzzese, J ^a   Nishihara, M ^a   Lempert, W R ^a   Rich, J W ^a   Adamovich, I V ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE ENERGY; DISCHARGE POWER; DISCHARGE PRESSURES; ENERGY LOADING; HIGH-VOLTAGES; IODINE DISSOCIATION; IODINE VAPOR; LASER CAVITY; LASER GAIN; LASER OUTPUT POWER; LOWER PRESSURES; NANOSECOND PULSE; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; OXYGEN-IODINE LASER; PARAMETRIC GAIN; PULSED DISCHARGE; RATE-CONTROLLING; REPETITIVELY PULSED DISCHARGE; TWO PARAMETER;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL LASERS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 78149457248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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