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A feasible concept for a 100-kW cw CO2 laser based on an existing 6-kW system

Schuocker, 2004

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11395326830049357350
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Schuocker D
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High-Power Laser Ablation V

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The carbon dioxide laser uses as the light amplifying medium a weakly ionized mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and helium (glow discharge). Pumping is performed automatically by interparticle collisions and light output per unit volume is considerably high up to several …
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