Abstract

Trifluoromethyl iodide, CF₃I, has been shown to be an efficient optical filter for TEA CO₂ laser pumped several mid IR molecular lasers. Its absorption characteristics and effectiveness of filtering capacity were examined using a pump TEA CO₂ laser and a 12.08-μm NH₃ laser.

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