The Carbon Monoxide Laser

A Review

Chuan-Chong Chen

Expert InsightsPublished 1974

The potential usefulness of the carbon monoxide (CO) laser in aerospace science and technology is demonstrated by the fact that it is comparable with the argon ion laser in power and better than the carbon dioxide laser in efficiency. In view of the unique operational requirements of the CO laser, the newly proposed E-beam excited CO gas dynamic laser seems to be the optimum design for a high-power laser since it possesses the potential of having both the high efficiency of an electrically excited CO GDL and the high power of a thermally pumped CO GDL. There exist many lines of a CO laser that have equal or better transmittance than those of a CO2 laser. Therefore, the CO laser may prove to be a close competitor for the CO2 laser if, in the future, its output power would match that of the CO2 laser.

Document Details

Citation

Chicago Manual of Style

Chen, Chuan-Chong, The Carbon Monoxide Laser: A Review. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1974. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5163.html.
BibTeX RIS

This publication is part of the RAND paper series. The paper series was a product of RAND from 1948 to 2003 that captured speeches, memorials, and derivative research, usually prepared on authors' own time and meant to be the scholarly or scientific contribution of individual authors to their professional fields. Papers were less formal than reports and did not require rigorous peer review.

This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to this product page is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.