Modeling of the gain, temperature, and iodine dissociation fraction in a supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser

Boris D. Barmashenko; Esther Bruins; Dov Furman; Victor Rybalkin; Salman Rosenwaks

doi:10.1117/12.465794

6 May 2002 Modeling of the gain, temperature, and iodine dissociation fraction in a supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser

Boris D. Barmashenko, Esther Bruins, Dov Furman, Victor Rybalkin, Salman Rosenwaks

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Proceedings Volume 4631, Gas and Chemical Lasers and Intense Beam Applications III; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.465794
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We report on a simple one-dimensional model developed for the fluid dynamics and chemical kinetics in the chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL). Two different I2 dissociation mechanisms are tested against the performance of a COIL device in our laboratory. The two dissociation mechanisms chosen are the celebrated mechanism of Heidner and the newly suggested mechanism of Heaven. The gain calculated using Heaven's dissociation mechanism is much lower than the measured one. Employing Heidner's mechanism, a surprisingly good agreement is obtained between the measured and calculated gain and temperature over a wide range of the flow parameters. Other predictions of the model (larger mixing efficiency and higher temperature with a leak opened downstream of the resonator and gain decrease along the flow) are also in agreement with the experimental observations.

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Boris D. Barmashenko, Esther Bruins, Dov Furman, Victor Rybalkin, and Salman Rosenwaks "Modeling of the gain, temperature, and iodine dissociation fraction in a supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser", Proc. SPIE 4631, Gas and Chemical Lasers and Intense Beam Applications III, (6 May 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.465794

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