Abstract

A chemical flow reactor has been used to study the vibrational population distribution of carbon monoxide produced by a reaction between vapor-phase carbon generated in an arc discharge and oxygen, to determine feasibility of extracting the chemical energy released from this reaction by laser radiation. Additionally, a supersonic flow, electric discharge excited CO laser has been developed and characterized over a range of operating conditions. The same supersonic laser apparatus can be adapted to produce population inversion via oxidation of vapor-phase carbon, generating vibrationally excited CO. Resultant laser power and spectra are compared with the predictions of a kinetic model of a supersonic flow CO laser.

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