Abstract

Iodine monofluoride, a promising visible chemical laser candidate, has been chemically produced at number densities exceeding 1×1015 molecules/cm3 in a supersonic flow. Combustion of nitric oxide and molecular fluorine produced atomic fluorine at an efficiency of 20%–30%, independent of flow conditions. The subsequent transonic reaction of atomic fluorine with molecular iodine to produce a stable flow of IF(X1Σ+) was mixing limited and complete within 10 μs. The low-pressure (3 Torr), low-temperature (300 K) flow environment should be suitable for lasing.

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