Development of the Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL) with chemical generation of atomic iodine

This article addresses the development of a Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL) with alternative chemical ways of generating atomic iodine. Injection of atomic iodine as opposed to molecular iodine has the potential to improve the COIL efficiency. This paper describes two chemical methods for genera...

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Published in:Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing Materials science & processing, 2003-07, Vol.77 (2), p.331-336
Main Authors: Kodymova, J, Spalek, O, Jirasek, V, Censky, M, Hager, G D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic properties
Chemical oxygen-iodine lasers
Coiling
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Gain
Iodine
Mathematical models
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Summary:This article addresses the development of a Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL) with alternative chemical ways of generating atomic iodine. Injection of atomic iodine as opposed to molecular iodine has the potential to improve the COIL efficiency. This paper describes two chemical methods for generating iodine atoms based on the gas phase reactions of hydrogen/deuterium iodide with fluorine or chlorine atoms, which are also produced chemically. Simplified one-dimensional gas dynamic modeling that describes the stream-wise profiles of species concentrations within both reaction systems is used to gain a theoretical understanding of both reaction systems under COIL conditions. The modeling results are used for the design of an experimental device and the interpretation of experimental data. The first experimental investigation studies the production of iodine atoms produced from reactions of Cl with HI. Atomic iodine yields of 70--100% in nitrogen are obtained, and the gain on the I( P 1/2)--I( P 3/2) transition in a flow of singlet oxygen is measured.
ISSN:0947-8396
1432-0630
DOI:10.1007/s00339-003-2136-2