1987/07/01 by N. Bloembergen, C. K. N. Patel, P. V. Avizonis +20 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #Physics #Group (periodic table) #Energy (signal processing) #Engineering physics #Engineering ethics #Quantum mechanics #Engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.59.s1
openalex publication_date 1987/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
The HF/DF cw chemical lasers have been stated to yield power levels exceeding 1 MW with acceptable beam quality. Based on these data, we estimate that even the least demanding strategic defense applications require power levels to be increased further by at least a factor of twenty while retaining beam quality. However, the laser geometry which achieved the above demonstration will have scaling problems to higher power levels; thus, the combination of power scaling and adequate beam quality must be explored for some different chemical laser design, yet to be demonstrated;