Dr. William E. McDermott Profile

Dr. William E. McDermott

Senior Research Scientist

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2009 Paper

A new measurement of the singlet delta pooling rate

William McDermott, Keith Hobbs, Thomas Henshaw

Proceedings Volume 7131, 71312L (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816746

KEYWORDS: Oxygen, Raman spectroscopy, Gas lasers, Chlorine, Microwave radiation, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Iodine, Industrial chemicals, Laser spectroscopy, Data analysis

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Proceedings Article | 8 May 2007 Paper

Kinetic studies of the autodecomposition of NCI3

William McDermott, Boris Nizamov, Thomas Henshaw, Zane Lambert

Proceedings Volume 6346, 63460K (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738069

KEYWORDS: Chlorine, Chemical species, Absorption, Data modeling, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Chemical lasers, Gas lasers, Iodine, Hydrogen, Argon

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

The auto-decomposition of NCl₃ as a source of NCl(a)

William McDermott, Boris Nizamov, Thomas Henshaw, Zane Lambert

Proceedings Volume 6101, 610120 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.659673

KEYWORDS: Chlorine, Absorption, Chemical species, Hydrogen, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Spectroscopy, Gas lasers, Iodine, Chemical lasers, Molecules

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 2005 Paper

NCI3 as a source of NCI(a) for an NCI(a)-I laser

William McDermott, Robert Coombe, Julanna Gilbert, Zane Lambert, Mikaila Heldt

Proceedings Volume 5777, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.610964

KEYWORDS: Chemical species, Chlorine, Iodine, Argon, Human-computer interaction, Microwave radiation, Data modeling, Hydrogen, Molecules, Gas lasers

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Proceedings Article | 11 May 2004 Paper

Flow tube studies of NCl3 reactions

William McDermott, Robert Coombe, Julanna Gilbert, Zane Lambert, Mikailia Heldt

Proceedings Volume 5334, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537742

KEYWORDS: Chlorine, Chemical species, Data modeling, Hydrogen, Sensors, Argon, Visible radiation, Chemical lasers, Germanium, Helium

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Proceedings Article | 5 June 2003 Paper

Advanced iodine lasers

William McDermott, Robert Coombe, Julanna Gilbert, Renate Van Allen, Makalia Heldt

Proceedings Volume 4971, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483498

KEYWORDS: Chemical species, Chlorine, iodine lasers, Iodine, Photolysis, Chemical lasers, Hydrogen, Fluorine, Argon, Gas lasers

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Proceedings Article | 6 May 2002 Open Access

Historical perspective of COIL

William McDermott

Proceedings Volume 4631, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.465765

KEYWORDS: Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Iodine, Chlorine, Oxygen, Chemical lasers, Hydrogen, Laser development, Aluminum, Liquids, Weapons

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2000 Paper

Measurement of the O2(a1A)-O2(X3E) ratio using Raman spectroscopy

William McDermott

Proceedings Volume 3931, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384274

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Oxygen, Raman scattering, Diagnostics, Chemical lasers, Spectroscopy, Laser scattering, Calibration, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Laser beam diagnostics

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 1998 Paper

Performance characteristics of a high-pressure jet generator

William McDermott

Proceedings Volume 3268, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308054

KEYWORDS: Chlorine, Oxygen, Absorption, Diffusion, RADICL, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Throat, Chlorine gas, Liquids, Laser resonators

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Proceedings Article | 2 May 1997 Paper

Modeling of chemical oxygen-iodine lasers

Tientsai Yang, Ralph Cover, Victor Quan, D. Smith, Arthur Bauer, William McDermott, Drew Copeland

Proceedings Volume 2989, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273664

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Iodine, Oxygen, RADICL, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Performance modeling, Instrument modeling, Chemical lasers, Geometrical optics, Platinum

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 1997 Paper

Operating experience with a high-throughput jet generator

William McDermott, John Stephens, John Vetrovec, Robert Dickerson

Proceedings Volume 2987, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271569

KEYWORDS: Laser resonators, RADICL, Oxygen, Chlorine, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Chemical lasers, Photography, Helium, Chlorine gas, Liquids

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 1996 Paper

Generation of O2(a1vg): a survey update

William McDermott

Proceedings Volume 2702, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236903

KEYWORDS: Chlorine, Oxygen, Resistance, Diffusion, Iodine, Chlorine gas, Liquids, Chemistry, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Resonators

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

Exact and approximate solutions of the utilization and yield equations for O2(1delta) generators

Drew Copeland, William McDermott, Victor Quan, Arthur Bauer

Proceedings Volume 2119, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.172717

KEYWORDS: Liquids, Chlorine, Silicon, Oxygen, Chlorine gas, Molecules, Diffusion, Information operations, Mathematical modeling, Chemical lasers

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

Generation of singlet delta oxygen--a technology update

William McDermott

Proceedings Volume 2119, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.172701

KEYWORDS: Chlorine, Liquids, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Carbon dioxide lasers, Laser processing, Chlorine gas, Oxygen, Interfaces, Laser cutting, Hydrogen

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