A. A. Adamenkov, V. V. Bakshin, A. V. Bogachev, E. V. Buryak, L. A. Vdovkin, S. D. Velikanov, B. A. Vyskubenko, S. G. Garanin, E. V. Gorbacheva, S. V. Grigorovich, S. P. Il'in, R. I. Ilkaev, Yu. N. Ilyushin, A. M. Kalashnik, Yu. V. Kolobyanin, M. L. Leonov, V. V. Svischev, M. V. Troshkin, “Test bench for studying the outlook for industrial applications of an oxygen–iodine laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2007, Volume 37, Number 7,Pages <nobr>601

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Test bench for studying the outlook for industrial applications of an oxygen–iodine laser

A. A. Adamenkov, V. V. Bakshin, A. V. Bogachev, E. V. Buryak, L. A. Vdovkin, S. D. Velikanov, B. A. Vyskubenko, S. G. Garanin, E. V. Gorbacheva, S. V. Grigorovich, S. P. Il'in, R. I. Ilkaev, Yu. N. Ilyushin, A. M. Kalashnik, Yu. V. Kolobyanin, M. L. Leonov, V. V. Svischev, M. V. Troshkin

Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics", Sarov, Nizhnii Novgorod region

Abstract: We report the development and tests of a chemical oxygen—iodine laser test bench based on a twisted-aerosol-flow singlet-oxygen generator and a supersonic laser model for studying the outlook for industrial applications of this laser. The maximal output power of the laser is ~65 kW (the average power is ~50 kW), corresponding to a specific output power of ~110 W cm^-2. The maximal chemical efficiency is ~34%.

PACS: 42.55.Ks, 42.60.Lh

Received: 14.05.2007