Published February 1981
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Journal article
Energy-dependent losses of high-power laser radiation in liquid nitrogen
Creators
- 1. Projektgruppe fuer Laserforschung der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V., D-8046 Garching bei Muenchen, Federal Republic of Germany
Description
We observed energy-dependent losses in the transmission of high-power CO2 and HF laser radiation in liquid nitrogen resulting from scattering on small gas bubbles. The formation of these bubbles can be explained by a mechanism involving absorption of a small part of laser radiation by microscopic suspended ice particles that leads to the evaporation of the surrounding cryogenic liquid. Even for a low concentration of these particles, the losses are significant
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Opt. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 6
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Opt. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 79-81
- ISSN
- 0146-9592
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12626344
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BUBBLES; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CRYOGENIC FLUIDS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY LOSSES; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; LASER RADIATION; NITROGEN; PHOTON TRANSPORT; POWER TRANSMISSION; SCATTERING
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLIFIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS LASERS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; LASERS; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; NONMETALS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADIATIONS