Novel aerodynamic window with a pump cavity and a supersonic jet

Junquan Shen; Keming Du; Peter Loosen

doi:10.1117/12.20544

1 October 1990 Novel aerodynamic window with a pump cavity and a supersonic jet

Junquan Shen, Keming Du, Peter Loosen

Proceedings Volume 1276, CO2 Lasers and Applications II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20544
Event: The International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1990, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

In order to minimize the mass flow rate and the optical distortion of aerodynamic windows, a novel type with a pump cavity and a supersonic as jet has been deve- loped. Prototypes of this window with an aperture of 4x4 mm have been designed and fabricated. With it, a 80 mbar laser cavity can be sealed up using a gas jet of 5 g/s mass rate at 5.4 bar while the pressue in pump cavity is about 600 mbar and the volume to be pumped is less than 7.2 m /h. It can be operated stably if the pressure variation is less than 25 mbar. A wide range of operation pressure of the laser cavity can be realized easily by adjusting the supply pressure for the gas jet and the pressure in the pump cavity.

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Junquan Shen, Keming Du, and Peter Loosen "Novel aerodynamic window with a pump cavity and a supersonic jet", Proc. SPIE 1276, CO2 Lasers and Applications II, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20544

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