{"id":1963,"date":"2016-07-17T02:10:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T01:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/?page_id=1963"},"modified":"2019-09-18T14:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T06:41:47","slug":"carbon-dioxide-co2-laser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/carbon-dioxide-co2-laser\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Dioxide (CO2) laser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(0,96,54,0.75)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#006036&#8243; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/research.utm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/laser.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;ramp2&#8243; fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;144px||151px|||&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Roboto|900|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Carbon Dioxide Laser<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;21px||15px|||&#8221; fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;1.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;1.0.0&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans|800|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#006036&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;35px&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#006036&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;8px|||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;1.0.0.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/femtosecond-laser\/\">CO<sub>2<\/sub> laser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;14px|||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;1.0.0.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span>The carbon dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0The CO<\/span><sub>2<\/sub><span>\u00a0laser produces a beam of\u00a0<\/span><span>infrared light<\/span><span>\u00a0with the principal\u00a0<\/span><span>wavelength<\/span><span>\u00a0bands centering on 9.4 and 10.6\u00a0<\/span><span>micrometers<\/span><span>\u00a0(\u03bcm).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;1.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;7px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;1.1.0&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-15px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;1.1.0.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) laser is lasers based on a gas mixture as the gain medium. Typically, the gas mixture consists of carbon dioxide, Helium, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Xenon gases and water vapour. It can be operated with DC current, AC current or in radio frequency domain (RF). It exhibits laser action at infrared frequencies, mainly at wavelength of 10.6 micrometer. Average power of CO<sub>2<\/sub> lasers are range from 10 W to many kW and the efficiency range from 10 % to 30 %. The main advantages of CO<sub>2<\/sub> lasers are low cost, high efficiency and long lifetime. There are various methods of generation of laser output from CO<sub>2<\/sub> laser, which are sealed-tube, fast axial flow and Transverse excited atmosphere (TEA).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0CO<sub>2<\/sub> lasers utilized in various fields such as industrial, medical and military. 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The carbon dioxide (CO2) laser is lasers based on a gas mixture as the gain medium. Typically, the gas mixture consists of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1964\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/CO2-laser.jpg\" alt=\"CO2 laser\" width=\"526\" height=\"294\" \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) laser is lasers based on a gas mixture as the gain medium. Typically, the gas mixture consists of carbon dioxide, Helium, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Xenon gases and water vapour. It can be operated with DC current, AC current or in radio frequency domain (RF). It exhibits laser action at infrared frequencies, mainly at wavelength of 10.6 micrometer. 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