Multi-Disciplinary Research for High Energy Chemical Lasers, Closed- Cycle ElectricOIL Technology

摘要

The program was initiated in July 2002. Work during this grant resulted in more than 50 publications in several major breakthroughs by the MRI team: (1) the first measurement of laser gain in a discharge driven oxygen- iodine system was demonstrated in a supersonic flowing cavity; (2) the first measurement of positive gain in a discharge driven oxygen-iodine system was then demonstrated in a subsonic flow tube; (3) the first continuous wave (cw) discharge driven oxygen-iodine laser was demonstrated; (4) laser gain and power were increased by almost two orders of magnitude; (5) key measurements were made related to ElectricOIL specific kinetics; (6) critical new understanding of the electrodynamic phenomena in a pulse-sustainer type of discharge was attained using a detailed plasma discharge model; and (7) experiments with a pulse-sustainer discharge concept support the intriguing results from the new electrodynamics models.