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Metal atom oxidation laser

  • US 3,916,338 A
  • Filed: 05/13/1974
  • Issued: 10/28/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A CHEMICAL LASER WHICH COMPRISES (A) AN OPTICAL GAIN REGION (B) MEANS FOR CONTAINING A GASEOUS OXIDIZER WITHIN SAID GAIN REGION, (C) A GASEOUS OXIDIZER CONTAINED WITHIN SAID CAVITY, (D) MEANS FOR FORMING AND MIXING COPIOUS QUANTITIES OF METAL ATOMS WITH SAID OXIDIZER TO FORM MOLECULES CONTAINING SAID METAL ATOMS AND HAVING A POPULATION INVERSION THEREIN, SAID METAL AND SAID OXIDIZER BEING SO SELECTED THAT THE REACTION OF SAID OXIDIZER WITH SAID METAL ATOMS TO FORM MOLECULES CONTAINING SAID METAL ATOMS IS HIGHLY EXOTHERMIC AND SAID OXIDIZER BEING AT A PRESSURE AT WHICH THE LASING THRESHOLD IS EXCEEDED, AND (E) MEANS FOR STIMULATING A BEAM OF LASER RADIATION IS SAID INVERTED MOLECULES.

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