Chemical oxygen — iodine laser with mixing of supersonic jets

The results are reported of the first investigation of a chemical oxygen — iodine laser with supersonic mixing of parallel jets of oxygen and of a mixture of nitrogen with iodine. It was found that, in principle, such a laser system is feasible. The maximum output power was 160 and 130 W with the chemical efficiency 13% and 14.3%, respectively. An analysis of the results of a numerical calculation indicated that the investigated method of formation of the active medium is promising.