Theoretical study of a 16-µm CO2 downstream-mixing gasdynamic laser: A two-dimensional approach

Chakravarthy, Purandar and Reddy, NM (1986) Theoretical study of a 16-µm CO2 downstream-mixing gasdynamic laser: A two-dimensional approach. In: Applied Physics Letters, 48 (4). 263 -265.

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Abstract

A 16-µm CO2-N2 downstream-mixing gasdynamic laser, where a cold CO2 stream is mixed with a vibrationally excited N2 stream at the exit of the nozzle, is studied theoretically. The flow field is analyzed using a two-dimensional, unsteady, laminar and viscous flow model including appropriate finite-rate vibrational kinetic equations. The analysis showed that local small-signal gain up to 21.75 m−1 can be obtained for a N2 reservoir temperature of 2000 K and a velocity ratio of 1:1 between the CO2 and N2 mixing streams. Applied Physics Letters is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Institute of Physics.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering (Formerly, Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2010 06:00
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:43
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/22824

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