Nuclear pumping of lasers.Summary of the theoretical and experimental work dealing with nuclear lasers that has been completed during the last year (1971), and review of some new work which may help to establish the direction research in this field may take in the future. So far, the most successful experiments have been carried out utilizing nuclear enhancement of electrically excited CO2 lasers. The goal of attaining lasing in gases utilizing nuclear pumping without an applied electric field is much more difficult to achieve but is being pursued. No experimental or theoretical work has been undertaken thus far in the study of the class of lasers where high-energy particles are produced internally in high-temperature multiple ionized plasmas. Some new approaches to high-power nuclear lasers are suggested.
Document ID
19720027663
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Russell, G. R. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Masers
Meeting Information
Meeting: Symposium on Uranium Plasmas: Research and Applications