Accession Number:

ADA230597

Title:

A Computer Model of a CO2 Oscillator-Amplifier System

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Anderson, William F.

Report Date:

1990-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

87.0

Abstract:

An existing CO2 laser amplifier simulation model developed for use on IBM-compatible personal computers has been improved through the redesign and addition of supplemental procedures from several models. The models and selected procedures which form the basis of the improved model are described. One procedure calculates the pumping rates of CO2 and N2 through calculation of the Boltzmann equation. Another procedure calculates the average vibrational temperatures of C2s vibrational modes. A third procedure replaces the Runge- Kutta integrator used in the original model with a faster, more accurate Adams- Bashforth-Moulton predictor-corrector integrator.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• RUNGE KUTTA METHOD
• INTEGRATORS
• BOLTZMANN EQUATION
• TEMPERATURE
• VIBRATION

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE