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Applied Optics
|June 22, 2010
Abstract:
Trifluoromethyl iodide, CF(3)I, has been shown to be an efficient optical filter for TEA CO(2) laser pumped several mid IR molecular lasers. Its absorption characteristics and effectiveness of filtering capacity were examined using a pump TEA CO(2) laser and a 12.08-microm NH(3) laser.
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