Carbon Dioxide Laser A Journey From Milliwatts To Megawattst

C. Kumar; N. Patel

doi:10.1117/12.951270

28 July 1989 Carbon Dioxide Laser A Journey From Milliwatts To Megawattst

C. Kumar, N. Patel

Proceedings Volume 1042, CO2 Lasers and Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951270
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

With these prophetic words towards the end of the nineteenth century, Wells created a vision of high power lasers and their awesome capability of delivering energy at a distance. One might even argue that he was talking about a gas laser, and perhaps he had the notion of carbon dioxide lasers. Be that as it may, 1989 marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of laser action on the vibrational rotational transitions of a molecule (Patel, 1964a). And since the first publication of the paper on the CO₂ laser over 10,000 papers have appeared on either the science or technology of CO₂ or other molecular vibrational-rotational transition lasers or their applications. Several books too have appeared. In light of this, to go through the detailed description of the molecular lasers would be superfluous. Nonetheless, a description based on my first-hand experience may provide some additional insights.

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C. Kumar and N. Patel "Carbon Dioxide Laser A Journey From Milliwatts To Megawattst", Proc. SPIE 1042, CO2 Lasers and Applications, (28 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951270

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