A combustion chemical
A process for operating a combustion chemical laser comprising: transmitting lasing reactants in a carrier gas into a combustor;Needle Valves combining the reactants in the combustor to form atoms in the excited state in sufficient amount to cause population inversion; passing the excited atoms into a laser cavity at supersonic speeds to produce lasing action; and
pumping exhaust gases from the laser cavity at supersonic speeds and sufficient low pressure to sustain lasing action by reaction with a powdered metal selected from the class consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, yttrium, scandium, elements 57-71 of the periodic table, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, palladium, magnesium, strontium, calcium, barium, boron, gallium, and mixtures and alloys thereof,PLUG VALVES the exhaust gases being selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, deuterium and their halides, the halogens, nitrogen, CO2, oxygen and water vapor; the metal of said pump being adapted to react with the exhaust gases to form solid reaction products therewith.
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2011-12-02
