4.3-μm cascade CO2 laser
- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 39 (3) , 199-201
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.92677
Abstract
An in‐cavity hot CO2 cell is used to obtain 4.3‐μm lasing from a cascade process in a conventional CO2 laser. The 4.3‐μm laser operates in a Q‐switched mode, is line tunable, and has average output powers greater than 100 mW.Keywords
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