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Discharge stabilization studies of co laser gas mixtures in quasi-steady supersonic flow
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Smith, J. A. Srinivasan, G. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | Experiments were conducted to study the applicability of a double discharge stabilization scheme in conditions appropriate for high energy CO lasers in supersonic flows. A Ludwieg tube impulse flow facility and a ballasted capacitor bank provided essentially steady flow and discharge conditions (d.c.) for times longer than ten electrode length-flow transit times. Steady, arc-free, volume discharges were produced in a Mach 3 test cavity using an auxiliary discharge to stabilize the main discharge in N2 and He/CO mixture. A signigicant result is the lack of observed plasma E/N changes in response to auxiliary discharge current changes. Also, where glow discharges were obtained, the energy loading achieved was very much less than the threshold level required for laser operation. |
| File Size | 3596905 |
| Page Count | 29 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19770013484 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t44r2pf12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lasers And Masers Supersonic Flow Electric Discharges Carbon Monoxide Lasers High Energy Interactions Gas Discharges Glow Discharges Gas Mixtures Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
