Patent ID: 7453917

Claim:
A supersonic, combustion driven, continuous wave all gas phase iodine laser comprised of a. a flow device having gas flow from an upstream subsonic combustor section through a converging-diverging supersonic slit nozzle to a downstream supersonic section; b. a source of fluorine gas (F 2 ) injected into the upstream section of said flow device; c. a source of deuterium (D 2 ) gas injected into the upstream section of said flow device; d. a source of nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3 ) gas injected into the upstream section of said flow device; e. a source of deuterium chloride (DCl) gas injected into the upstream section of said flow device; f. a source of hydrogen iodide (HI) gas injected into the upstream section of said flow device; g. a source of hydrogen azide (HN 3 ) gas injected into the downstream section of said flow device; h. an optical resonator intersecting said flow device downstream of said supersonic flow section, whereby the transformation of the fluorine, NF 3 , DCl, HI, and HN 3 gas phase chemical reagents generates a 1.315 micron laser radiation within said optical resonator.