Power extraction investigations for a 10-kW-class supersonic COIL

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3574, Issue , 1998, Pages 309-314

  Handke, Juergen ^a   Gruenewald, Karin M ^a   Schall, Wolfgang O ^a   Entress Fuersteneck, Lutz V ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

beam symmetry; chemical laser; nearfield power density distribution; power extraction; small signal gain; supersonic COIL

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN IODINE LASERS; EXTRACTION; FLOW OF GASES; ISOMERS; LASER CHEMISTRY; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; RESONATORS;

BEAM SYMMETRY; POWER DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER EXTRACTION; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN; SUPERSONIC COIL;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 84898834188     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.334449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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