Plasma assisted oxygen-iodine laser
US6690707B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2215
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process of producing a high energy chemical oxygen-iodine laser, including the steps of obtaining a quantity of oxygen in the singlet delta energy state [O2(a1&Dgr;)], combining the O2(a1&Dgr;) with a quantity of non-reactive carrier gas, combining the singlet delta oxygen and carrier gas with a non-reactive iodine donor gas and homogenizing the entire mixture, creating and maintaining an electrical discharge plasma downstream from a nozzle, passing the homogenized mixture through the nozzle and the discharge plasma at supersonic speeds to dissociate the iodine into free iodine atoms and directing the flow of gasses and free iodine atoms into the optical cavity laser action region of a laser.
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