Condensed explosive gas dynamic laser
US4099142A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 1996 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0953
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The condensed explosive of a gas dynamic laser is a condensed mixture of or more nonhydrogenous organic explosive compounds, such as TNM, with a sufficient amount of aluminum or zirconium powder to supply energy to the products so that a temperature of at least 1100.degree. K. can be achieved at a nozzle throat at a pressure of not more than 10 atmospheres, in such proportions that .tau..sub.II >.tau..sub.E >.tau..sub.I, which produces a population inversion. Satisfactory examples include TNM alone or combined with HNB in various proportions, mixed with 7.5 to 17.5% of aluminum powder.
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