Accession Number:
ADP000269
Title:
High Gain CO Chemical Laser Produced in a Shock Tunnel,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
TECHNION - ISRAEL INST OF TECH HAIFA DEPT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1981-07-01
Pagination or Media Count:
7.0
Abstract:
Experimental and theoretical results of small signal gain, in CO chemical laser produced in a shock tunnel, are presented. Thermal dissociation of CS2 into CS S is accomplished by a reflected shock wave. The dissociated products, diluted in Ar, expand through a supersonic nozzle with an area ratio of 40 into a combustion chamber. Molecular oxygen is supersonically injected at the nozzle exit. The two streams mix and combustion takes place in which vibrationally excited CO is produced by the Cs O yields COv S reaction.