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Paper Abstract
Spectrally resolved atmospheric absorption has been investigated to determine the problems of long path beam delivery of high power industrial CO laser light for material processing. A dry gas purged beam path is found to be essential if the natural CO laser spectrum is used. However, an unpurged beam delivery system may be satisfactory over typical distances when the spectrum is modified to avoid coincidence with strong water lines by the use of an intra- cavity absorption section.
Paper Details
Date Published: 4 April 1997
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (4 April 1997); doi: 10.1117/12.270242
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3092:
XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference
Denis R. Hall; Howard J. Baker, Editor(s)
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (4 April 1997); doi: 10.1117/12.270242
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Denis R. Hall, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3092:
XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference
Denis R. Hall; Howard J. Baker, Editor(s)
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