Catalytic enhancement of singlet oxygen for hybrid electric discharge oxygen-iodine laser systems

Wilson T. Rawlins; Seonkyung Lee; Adam J. Hicks; Ian M. Konen; Emily P. Plumb; Steven J. Davis

doi:10.1117/12.847102

3 March 2010 Catalytic enhancement of singlet oxygen for hybrid electric discharge oxygen-iodine laser systems

Wilson T. Rawlins, Seonkyung Lee, Adam J. Hicks, Ian M. Konen, Emily P. Plumb, Steven J. Davis

Proceedings Volume 7581, High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications IV; 758107 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847102
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We are investigating catalytically enhanced production of singlet oxygen, O₂(a1▵_g), observed by reaction of O₂/He discharge effluents on an iodine oxide film surface in a microwave discharge-flow reactor at 320 K. We have previously reported a two-fold increase in the O₂(a) yields by this process, and corresponding enhancement of I(²P_1/2) excitation and small-signal gain upon injection of I₂. In this paper we report further observations of the effects of elevated temperature up to 410 K, and correlations of the catalytically generated O₂(a) with atomic oxygen over a large range of discharge-flow conditions. We have applied a diffusion-limited reaction rate model to extrapolate the catalytic reaction rates to the highpressure, fast-flow conditions of the subsonic plenum of a supersonic EOIL test reactor. Using the model and the flow reactor results, we have designed and implemented a first-generation catalytic module for the PSI supersonic MIDJet/EOIL reactor. We describe preliminary tests with this module for catalyst coating deposition and enhancement of the small-signal gain observed in the supersonic flow. The observed catalytic effect could significantly benefit the development of high-power electrically driven oxygen-iodine laser systems.

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Wilson T. Rawlins, Seonkyung Lee, Adam J. Hicks, Ian M. Konen, Emily P. Plumb, and Steven J. Davis "Catalytic enhancement of singlet oxygen for hybrid electric discharge oxygen-iodine laser systems", Proc. SPIE 7581, High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications IV, 758107 (3 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847102

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