LASL program in nuclear pumped liquid lasers [electronic resource].

Published:: Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1978.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: Pages: 9 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary:

Lasers based on the lanthanide rare earths in solution show potential for production of efficient, very high energy nuclear pumped laser output. Four of the rare earth ions which appear to be highly suited for nuclear pumped lasers are Eu/sup + + +/, Tb/sup + + +/, Nd/sup + + +/, and Pm/sup + + +/. In general, these systems must be excited by external flashlamps, however, one of the results of research on optical pumping of liquid lanthanide lasers is that in some cases the addition of uranyl ions (UO/sub 2//sup + + +/) can increase the pumping efficiency. Sixty fold enhancement of the output has been observed with a mixture of UO/sub 2//sup + + +/ and Nd/sup + + +/ at 1.06 microns. Direct nuclear excitation by fission fragments in large volumes of liquids, potentially self-critical reactors, appears to be quite feasible. A brief review of the history of liquid based lanthanide ion lasers is given and future research planned at LASL is discussed.

Report Numbers:

E 1.99:la-ur-78-3016
E 1.99: conf-780537-4
conf-780537-4
la-ur-78-3016

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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1978.
"la-ur-78-3016"
" conf-780537-4"
1. symposium on fission induced plasmas and nuclearpumped lasers meeting, Orsay, France, 23 May 1978.
Davis, J.F.; Bird, P.F.; Mansfield, C.R.

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W-7405-ENG-36

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