A simplified model for HF chemical laser amplifier

Wen Guang Liu; Xing Chen; Hongyan Wang; Wenyu Li; Weihong Hua

doi:10.1117/12.905605

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24 February 2012 A simplified model for HF chemical laser amplifier

Wen Guang Liu, Xing Chen, Hongyan Wang, Wenyu Li, Weihong Hua

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Proceedings Volume 8238, High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications VI; Atmospheric and Oceanic Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves VI; 82380E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.905605
Event: SPIE LASE, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

HF chemical laser with MOPA configuration is a good solution to achieve high output power with high reliability. Kinetic models for HF amplifier are important for prediction and optimization of the performance of MOPA chemical lasers. In this paper, a simplified model for HF chemical laser amplifier is presented. The main processes which are included in the model are: (a) chemical pumping of HF (v=2) and HF (v=1), (b) stimulated transitions and spontaneous emission. (c) relaxation of vibration excited HF molecule by H2,N2 and HF. Some assumptions are taken in this model: (a) the density of H₂, N₂, HF, translational temperature and velocity of gas mixture are averaged across the laser cross section, (b) only two vibration-rotational transitions (2P6, 1P7) occurs in the amplifier, (c) gas temperature does not change during the lasing process in the amplifier. Based on these assumptions, a set of three-level rate equations is formulated and then solved by an iterative technique. Comparison is made with recent experimentally obtained data from a low power discharge-driven CW HF laser with MOPA configuration. It is shown that experimental results are consistent with the calculation from the simplified model.

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Wen Guang Liu, Xing Chen, Hongyan Wang, Wenyu Li, and Weihong Hua "A simplified model for HF chemical laser amplifier", Proc. SPIE 8238, High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications VI; Atmospheric and Oceanic Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves VI, 82380E (24 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.905605

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