SCALABLE OVERTONE HF CHEMICAL LASER
Assignee
Filed
Feb 11, 1985
Granted
Jul 26, 1988
Location
LONGMONT CO US
Abstract
A chemically driven HF overtone laser operates from either thermal or electrical dissociation of a molecular gas containing fluorine. Significant output powers are produced from Δv=2 vibrational transitions. Free F atoms produced by both thermal and electrical dissociation techniques are reacted with a molecular gas containing hydrogen to produce excited HF molecules. Overtone transitions, i.e., Δv=2 transitions are preferentially depleted by both optical enhancement and preinjection techniques to produce overtone laser transitions.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Apr 15, 1986
Rescinded
Mar 17, 1988
Duration
1 year, 11 months
Inventor
- 1WILLIAM O. JEFFERS
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 4760582
- Application
- 06700123
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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