CHAIN REACTION HCl CHEMICAL LASER

Abstract

Abstract A chemical laser having good chemical efficiency and power level produced by chain reacting in an optical cavity chlorine gas with hydrogen or deuterium gas in a compact combustion driven chemical laser. An inorganic fluorine-source gas, an inorganic hydrogensource gas, and an inorganic chlorine-source gas are introduced into the combustion chamber of a chemical laser whereupon the hydrogen-source gas and the fluorine-source gas react to heat the chlorine-source gas and produce atomic and diatonic chlorine. Atomic and predominantly molecular chlorine gas, together with the other combustion products, are driven into the laser cavity at supersonic velocities where the chlorine gas reacts with hydrogen or deuterium gas. In the laser cavity a chemical chain reaction takes place in which molecules of hydrogen or deuterium react with atomic chlorine to produce ground state hydrogen chlorine or deuterium chloride and atomic hydrogen or deuterium. The atomic hydrogen or deuterium, in turn, reacts with the molecular chlorine to produce the lasing species of hydrogen chloride or deuterium chloride and atomic chloride and atomic chlorine. Laser radiation is emitted from the laser cavity transversely to the flow of gases.

Inventors

• 👤 G Emanuel

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