Development of advanced generator of singlet oxygen for a COIL

Jarmila Kodymova; Otomar Špalek; Vít Jirásek; Miroslav Čenský; Jan Hrubý

doi:10.1117/12.674692

7 June 2006 Development of advanced generator of singlet oxygen for a COIL

Jarmila Kodymova, Otomar Špalek, Vít Jirásek, Miroslav Čenský, Jan Hrubý

Proceedings Volume 6261, High-Power Laser Ablation VI; 62611S (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674692
Event: High-Power Laser Ablation 2006, 2006, Taos, NM, United States

Abstract

The generator of singlet oxygen (SOG) remains still a challenge for a chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL). Hitherto, only chemical generators based on the gas-liquid reaction system (chlorine-basic hydrogen peroxide) can supply singlet oxygen, O₂(¹Δ), in enough high yields and at pressures to maintain operation of the high power supersonic COIL facilities. Employing conventional generators of jet-type or rotating disc-type makes often problems resulting mainly from liquid droplets entrained by an O₂ (¹Δ) stream into the laser cavity, and a limited scalability of these generators. Advanced generator concepts investigated currently are based on two different approaches: (i)O₂(¹Δ) generation by the electrical discharge in various configurations, eliminating thus a liquid chemistry, and (ii) O₂(¹Δ) generation by the conventional chemistry in novel configurations offering the SOG efficiency increase and eliminating drawbacks of existing devices. One of the advanced concepts of chemical generator - a spray SOG with centrifugal separation of gasliquid phases - has been proposed and investigated in our laboratory. In this paper we present a description of the generator principle, some essential results of theoretical estimations, and interim experimental results obtained with the spray SOG.

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Jarmila Kodymova, Otomar Špalek, Vít Jirásek, Miroslav Čenský, and Jan Hrubý "Development of advanced generator of singlet oxygen for a COIL", Proc. SPIE 6261, High-Power Laser Ablation VI, 62611S (7 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674692

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