Accession Number:

ADA151959

Title:

Short Wavelength Chemical Laser (SWCL) Workshop

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Sep 1984-31 Aug 1985

Corporate Author:

SCHAFER (W J) ASSOCIATES INC ARLINGTON VA

Personal Author(s):

• Watt, W.

Report Date:

1984-12-05

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

The workshop was held for the purpose of identifying the governments interest in SWCL technology, reviewing past and present efforts in this area and presenting the governments plans for a new thrust in SWCL source development. In addition, the workshop was to provide a forum for interaction between members of the Strategic Defense Initiation Organization SDIO and the 6.1 agencies with the technical community in order to create an enthusiastic response to the SWCL thrust and to generate new concepts as well as to involve new participants in this technically challenging area. This document contains abstracts of papers presented at the workshops. Some of the topics discussed in the sessions include HF Lasers - What have we learned Chemical Oxygen - Iodine Laser Review Why So Few Chemical Lasers Approach to Efficient Short-Wavelength Chemical Lasers MetalOxidizer Systems Pyrotechnic Systems Metastable State Production Metastable Transfer Systems Energy Exchange Mechanisms.

Descriptors:

• *CHEMICAL LASERS
• ENERGY TRANSFER
• HYDROGEN FLUORIDE LASERS
• IODINE
• METALS
• METASTABLE STATE
• OXIDIZERS
• OXYGEN
• PLANNING
• PYROTECHNICS
• SHORT WAVELENGTHS
• THRUST
• WORKSHOPS

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE