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US 4760582

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.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Apr 15, 1986

Rescinded

Mar 17, 1988

Duration

1 year, 11 months

Inventor

  • 1WILLIAM O. JEFFERS

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