A. I. Nikitin, A. N. Oraevskiĭ, “Chemical laser based on energy transfer from TF to CO<sub>2</sub> molecules”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1976, Volume 3, Number 11,Pages <nobr>2351

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Chemical laser based on energy transfer from TF to CO₂ molecules

A. I. Nikitin, A. N. Oraevskiĭ

Abstract: An investigation was made of the characteristics of a chemical laser utilizing a T₂–F₂–CO₂ mixture with low pressures of the reagents. The experimental results were explained on the assumption that the rate of the vibrational-translational relaxation of CO₂(00⁰1) due to the interaction with TF was twice as fast as the corresponding rate of relaxation due to the interaction of CO₂ with DF. When the tritium pressure was 0.5 Torr, the radioactive mechanism of nucleation of chains in the mixture was not significant but it became dominant when the pressure of T₂ was increased and this limited the maximum output energy of the laser.

UDC: 621.375.826:541.127

PACS: 42.60.Cz, 82.40.Tc

Received: 27.02.1976