Chemical Lasers

✍ Scribed by Dr. K. L. Kompa

• Book ID: 102725307
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 928 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.197007731

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Chemical lasers are based on the new principle of obtaining energy in the form of coherent radiation from chemical reactions. Since the discovery of the first laser of this type in 1965, laser emission has been investigated in a considerable number of fast gasphase reactions. In physical chemistry such lasers provide a diagnostic tool for the detailed investigation of the energy distribution in elementary reactions. The barrier to technological use has probably also been overcome by the recent continuous operation of a chemical hydrogen fluoride laser. An attempt is made in the present article to trace the development of this still youthful field and to demonstrate the possibilities and limitations of the generation of energy with chemical lasers.