Tunable lasers for waste management photochemistry applications
Abstract
The recent literature on dye-laser characteristics was reviewed and summarized, with emphasis on those parameters that most likely affect the scaling of dye lasers in photochemical applications. Current costs are reviewed and correlated with output power. A new class of efficient uv lasers that appear to be scalable in both energy output and pulse rate, based on rare-gas halide excimers and similar molecules, is certain to find major applications in photochemistry. Because the most important developments are too recent to be adequately described in the literature or are the likely outcome of current experiments, the basic physics underlying the class of excimer lasers is described. The technical characteristics of the various classes of lasers in the ir are summarized.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978STIN...8015402F
- Keywords:
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- Dye Lasers;
- Management Methods;
- Photochemical Reactions;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Waste Treatment;
- Laser Applications;
- Technology Assessment;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Lasers and Masers