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Thermally pumped gasdynamic lasers

Assignee: Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales
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Filing: 1973-07-16
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Granted: 1975-05-06
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Expires: 1993-07-16
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Abstract

Abstract Carbon oxide molecular gasdynamic laser with a stagnation chamber filled in which a hot pressurized gas or gas mixture and a supersonic nozzle connected to the chamber and forming a hot gas stream along which the gas is cooled due to expansion. An injector is situated near the throat of the nozzle and injects a cold gas stream coaxially into the hot stream. In the case of a CO2 molecular gasdynamic laser, the hot stream comprises nitrogen alone and the cold gas stream CO2 and a relaxant additive monoatomic gas. In the case of a CO molecular gasdynamic laser, the hot gas stream comprises a mixture of nitrogen and CO and the cold gas stream the relaxant additive monoactomic gas. The mixture of nitrogen and CO can be obtained by an exothermic chemical reaction in the stagnation chamber.

Inventors

  • 👤 Roland P Borghi
  • 👤 Marc A Charpenel
  • 👤 Jean-Pierre Taran

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 05:06
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S3/00; H01S3/09; H01S3/095; H01S3/0951; H01S3/0953

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 251 words
A THERMAL MIXING GAS DYNAMIC LAYER ADAPTED TO EMIT RADIATION BY MEANSS OF THE EXPANSION OF A GAS MIXTURE CONTAINING AS A LASING MATERIAL A GAS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NITROGEN, A CARON OXIDE AND MIXTURES THEREOF AND FURTHER CONTAINING A RELAXANT ADDITIVE MONOATOMIC GASS, SAID LASER COMPRISING: HOT GAS GENERATING MEANS FOR DELIVERING A GAS FLOW CONTAINING AT LEAST NITROGEN AT HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE, A CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT EXPANDING NOZZLE HAVING A THROAT BETWEEN CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT PORTIONS THEREOF FOR EXPANDING SAID GAS FLOW TO SUPERSONIC SPEED LOCATED DOWNSTREAM FROM SAID GENERATION MEANS, MEANS FOR ADDING CARBON OXIDE TO THE GAS FLOW UPSTREAM OF THE DIVERGENT PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE, AN OPTICAL RESONANCE CAVITY FOR EXTRACTING THE VIBRATIONAL ENERGY OF THE MIXED NITROGEN AND CARBON OXIDE GASES AND PRODUCING A COHERENT RADIATION DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DIVERGENT PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE, AN INJECTOR MEANS FOR ADDING THE RELAXANT ADDITIVE MONOATOMIC GAS TO THE GAS MIXTURE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF SAID THROAT PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE AND DELIVERING SAID ADDITIVE GAS SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE DIRECTION OF SAID GAS FLOW, AND, WHEREIN SAID NOZZLE IS BIDIMENSIONAL HAVING TWO PLANE PARALLEL AND OPPOSITE SIDES AND HAVING OTHER SIDES WHICH ARE EVOLUTIVE AND SYMMETRICAL AND WHEREIN SAID INJECTOR IS IN THE FORM OF A WING WHICH IS TRAVERSED BY A FEED PACKAGE FOR DELIVERING THE GAS AT THE TRAILING EDGE OF SAID WING AND SAID WING IS PIERCED BY HOLES FOR THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID FEED PACKAGE AND SAID NOZZLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 251 words
A THERMAL MIXING GAS DYNAMIC LAYER ADAPTED TO EMIT RADIATION BY MEANSS OF THE EXPANSION OF A GAS MIXTURE CONTAINING AS A LASING MATERIAL A GAS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NITROGEN, A CARON OXIDE AND MIXTURES THEREOF AND FURTHER CONTAINING A RELAXANT ADDITIVE MONOATOMIC GASS, SAID LASER COMPRISING: HOT GAS GENERATING MEANS FOR DELIVERING A GAS FLOW CONTAINING AT LEAST NITROGEN AT HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE, A CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT EXPANDING NOZZLE HAVING A THROAT BETWEEN CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT PORTIONS THEREOF FOR EXPANDING SAID GAS FLOW TO SUPERSONIC SPEED LOCATED DOWNSTREAM FROM SAID GENERATION MEANS, MEANS FOR ADDING CARBON OXIDE TO THE GAS FLOW UPSTREAM OF THE DIVERGENT PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE, AN OPTICAL RESONANCE CAVITY FOR EXTRACTING THE VIBRATIONAL ENERGY OF THE MIXED NITROGEN AND CARBON OXIDE GASES AND PRODUCING A COHERENT RADIATION DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DIVERGENT PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE, AN INJECTOR MEANS FOR ADDING THE RELAXANT ADDITIVE MONOATOMIC GAS TO THE GAS MIXTURE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF SAID THROAT PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE AND DELIVERING SAID ADDITIVE GAS SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE DIRECTION OF SAID GAS FLOW, AND, WHEREIN SAID NOZZLE IS BIDIMENSIONAL HAVING TWO PLANE PARALLEL AND OPPOSITE SIDES AND HAVING OTHER SIDES WHICH ARE EVOLUTIVE AND SYMMETRICAL AND WHEREIN SAID INJECTOR IS IN THE FORM OF A WING WHICH IS TRAVERSED BY A FEED PACKAGE FOR DELIVERING THE GAS AT THE TRAILING EDGE OF SAID WING AND SAID WING IS PIERCED BY HOLES FOR THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID FEED PACKAGE AND SAID NOZZLE.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 38 words
A thermal mixing gas dynamic laser according to claim 1 in which said carbon oxide is carbon monoxide, and said hot gas generating means is a stagnation chamber in which nitrogen and carbon monoxide are heated and compressed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 60 words
A thermal mixing gas dynamic laser according to claim 1 in which said hot gas generating means is a stagnation chamber in which nitrogen is heated and compressed and said laser further comprises means to admit carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide in the injector for delivery to said gas flow at the same time as the relaxant gas is delivered.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 83 words
A thermal mixing gas dynamic laser according to claim 1 wherein said hot gas generating means is a combustion chamber and said laser further comprises means for filling the said chamber with a mixture of a nitrogen oxide and of a carbon or carbon containing compound selected from the group consisting of cyanogen, a metal carbonyl, C2(CN)4 and CN.N3 and igniting means for initiating a combustion reaction betwEen the components of said mixture to provide a gas mixture containing nitrogen and carbon monoxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 58 words
A thermal mixing gas dynamic laser according to claim 1 in which the trailing edge of said injector is situated in the portion of the nozzle limited by the cross-section of the throat and the cross-section of the divergent portion, the evolutive height of said cross-section being 1.1 times the height of the throat between the evolutive sides.

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