{"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><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Carbon Dioxide Laser<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/femtosecond-laser\/\">CO<sub>2<\/sub> laser<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><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><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><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. Applications of CO<sub>2<\/sub> lasers are metal processing, engraving, skin resurfacing and LIDAR.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/carbon-dioxide-co2-laser-specifications\/\">\u00a0Click here<\/a> to view the specification of CO<sub>2<\/sub> laser available in Laser Center UTM. Please feel free to contact us at <a href=\"mailto:lasercenter@utm.my\">lasercenter@utm.my<\/a> if you need any further information.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_right et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_animated et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rp-photonics.com\/co2_lasers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1074\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/CO2-laser.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/CO2-laser.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/CO2-laser-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/CO2-laser-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/CO2-laser-1024x573.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" class=\"wp-image-1964\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/co2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/co2.jpg 614w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/co2-480x255.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 614px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-4535\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>source : yourarticlelibrary<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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. 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>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0CO<sub>2<\/sub> lasers utilized in various fields such as industrial, medical and military. Applications of CO<sub>2<\/sub> lasers are metal processing, engraving, skin resurfacing and LIDAR.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/carbon-dioxide-co2-laser-specifications\/\">\u00a0Click here<\/a> to view the specification of CO<sub>2<\/sub> laser available in Laser Center UTM. Please feel free to contact us at <a href=\"mailto:lasercenter@utm.my\">lasercenter@utm.my<\/a> if you need any further information.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}