prototype HCN infra-red laser

Made:: 1970-1972 in Teddington and Hammersmith

maker:: M-O Valve Company Limited, National Physical Laboratory and Marconi Osram Valve Company Limited

The prototype commercial HCN gas laser unit consisting of a discharge tube and thermally stabilised optical system capable of giving 1 mW output in the far infra-red range, 1971.

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Category:: Nuclear Physics

Object Number:: 1982-494

type:: laser

credit:: National Physical Laboratory.

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prototype HCN infra-red laser

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