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Use of 13CO2 in high-power pulsed TEA lasers
C Willis1, P A Hackett, J M Parsons
1Laser Chemistry Group, Chemistry Division, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6.
The Review of Scientific Instruments
|September 1, 1979
Abstract:
The use of 13CO2 in carbon dioxide lasers enhances the available spectral range very significantly but is prohibitively expensive if gas flow through the laser is required. A TEA CO2 laser equipped with a gas recirculation system is described. This reduces gas costs to negligible levels even for expensive isotopic mixtures.
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