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31 March 1995 History of chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) development in the USA
Keith A. Truesdell, Charles A. Helms, Gordon D. Hager
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Proceedings Volume 2502, Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204917
Event: Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium, 1994, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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This is an overview of the development of Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL) technology in the United States. Key technical developments will be reviewed, beginning in 1960 and culminating in 1977 with the first COIL lasing demonstration at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory (now the Phillips Laboratory). The discussion will then turn to subsonic laser development, supersonic lasing demonstration and efficiency improvements, and finishing with a brief discussion of some spin off COIL technologies. Particular emphasis will be placed on how the O2 (1(Delta) ) generator and O2-I2 mixing nozzle technologies evolved.
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Keith A. Truesdell, Charles A. Helms, and Gordon D. Hager "History of chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) development in the USA", Proc. SPIE 2502, Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium, (31 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204917
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KEYWORDS
Chemical oxygen iodine lasers
Oxygen
Chemical lasers
Laser development
Chlorine
Iodine
Laser induced fluorescence
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