Comparison Study of Subsonic and Transonic Mixing in a Multi-Kw Grid-Nozzle Supersonic Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser

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The present study compares the laser medium properties for subsonic and transonic iodine injection schemes of a multi-kW grid-nozzle supersonic chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL). Two supersonic nozzles of similar geometry having subsonic or transonic iodine injectors were investigated in the present study. Small signal gain (SSG) and internal cavity temperature (ICT) were experimentally measured as a function of the iodine flow rate and coordinate in the direction of the gas flow. Dissociated fraction of iodine $F$ and the number $N$ of O2($^{1}\Delta$) molecules consumed for the dissociation of one iodine molecule were estimated by an analytical method, utilizing SSG and ICT as input parameters. Both gain and temperature were measured by diode laser spectroscopy. Pressure broadening of the spectroscopic line of iodine atom was taken into account when calculating the gas temperature in the cavity.
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2005-05-15