Effect of an organic gas additive on a pulse HF chemical laser
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 44 (12) , 5633-5634
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1662214
Abstract
The use of a small amount of xylene as a gas additive to a SF6 : H2 mixture in an electrically initiated pulse HF chemical laser has been shown to increase laser peak power output. For the experimental conditions of this work, enhancement of output power was seen only for laser medium pressures greater than 200 Torr. A maximum increase in peak power of 60% was observed for a pressure of 300 Torr.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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