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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Spiros Kitsinelis, Spyridon Kitsinelis
May 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
295 pages
8h 16m
English
CRC Press
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150 Lasers
Another method for the categorization of lasers is based on the gain medium.
Table5.1 lists some of the best known lasers along with some important informa-
tion about them.
Table5.2 illustrates that the efciency of lasers is usually too low with the excep-
tion of carbon dioxide lasers, which are used in the industry for material processing.
5.4 Excimer Lasers
For most lasers, light is generated by means already described, such as the ow
of electricity in semiconductors and electric discharges in a gas. Another type
of laser is called the excimer laser, which is based on chemi-luminescence. In
excimer lasers, a chemical reacti
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ISBN: 9781482243673