A spontaneous Raman imaging system (SRIS) has been developed that can monitor chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) singlet oxygen generator (SOG) performance in real time. This system permits one to monitor directly the SOG performance by measuring O(2)(a(1)D) and O(2)(X(3)?) simultaneously with a single intensified CCD array at the exit of an imaging monochromator. We present the results from tests conducted on a 0.25-mol SOG using a prototype Raman system. Performance and validation of a highly sensitive SRIS that was designed and built specifically for SOG diagnostics are discussed. Detection and possible interferences of other species relevant to COIL devices such as I(2) and Cl(2) are investigated.
Electronically excited iodine atoms [I(*)((2)P(1/2))] are created when ICI is injected into a stream of chemically produced NCl(a(1)Delta). Using an optical double-resonance technique, we observed a population inversion between the 5(2)P(1/2) and 5(2)P(3/2) states of atomic iodine.
Two different measurement methods are described that indicate that the Raman cross section of O(2)(a(1)D(g)), sigma(a)= (0.45+/-0.02) sigma(X), where sigma(X) is the Raman cross section of O(2)(X(3)?(g)(-)). Spontaneous Raman scattering is a potentially useful technique for measuring the singlet O(2)yield in high-power oxygen iodine lasers. For the full potential of this method to be realized, one must determine sigma(O)(2(a)) to measure the yield directly.
In this paper, a Fourier-optics approach to scatterplate interferometry is introduced. In particular, it is used to explain how energy is conserved for both "phase"-and "density"-type scatterplates.
A simple technique for high-resolution imaging of distant objects is described and experimentally demonstrated. The technique, referred to as Fourier telescopy, is a variant of Fourier microscopy, which additionally uses phase closure for correction of intervening aberrations. It is an active-illumination technique that is scalable to angular resolutions of 1 nrad and to illuminators of extremely low power. A laboratory experiment demonstrates reconstruction of images of two simple objects with an angular resolution of 83 µrad.
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