The carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. It was invented by Kumar Patel of Bell Labs in 1964 and is still...

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CO2. It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded...

destroy Strategic Defense Initiative satellites with a megawatt carbon-dioxide laser. It had a Functional Cargo Block derived from a TKS spacecraft to...

treatment. Zoon's balanitis has been successfully treated with the carbon dioxide laser; and more recently, Albertini and colleagues report the avoidance...

Patel (born 2 July 1938) is an electrical engineer. He developed the carbon dioxide laser in 1963; it is now widely used in industry for cutting and engraving...

surgical lasers include carbon dioxide, argon, Nd:YAG laser, and potassium titanyl phosphate. CO2 lasers were the dominant soft-tissue surgical lasers as of...

large chalazion can cause astigmatism due to pressure on the cornea. As laser eye surgery involves shaping the cornea by burning parts of it away, weakening...

detailed study on a Soviet space-based LASER system began no later than 1976 as the Skif, a 1 MW carbon dioxide laser along with the anti-satellite Kaskad...

and neon (HeNe), nitrogen, argon, krypton, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or metal vapors; (gas lasers) Semiconductors, e.g. gallium arsenide (GaAs)...

1.15 micrometres. Gas lasers using many gases have been built and used for many purposes. Carbon dioxide lasers, or CO2 lasers can emit hundreds of kilowatts...

of paring down the bulk of the tissue with a sharp instrument or carbon dioxide laser and allowing the area to re-epithelialise. Sometimes, the tissue...

layer technology, SLS involves the use of a high power laser (for example, a carbon dioxide laser) to fuse small particles of plastic, metal, ceramic, or...

imiquimod, scalpel vermillionectomy, chemical peel, electrosurgery, and carbon dioxide laser vaporization. These curative treatments attempt to destroy or remove...

shave excision, carbon dioxide laser ablation, electrodessication, erbium/yttrium aluminum garnet laser ablation, and pulsed-dye laser photothermolysis...

via laser resurfacing. The procedure is called a laser cryptolysis. It can be performed using a local anesthetic. A scanned carbon dioxide laser selectively...

Natural Gain Amplification in the 10-Micrometer Carbon Dioxide Laser Bands on Mars: A Natural Laser". Science. 212 (4490): 45–49. Bibcode:1981Sci...212...

non-ablative fractional lasers (NAFL), and (4) non-ablative dermal remodeling lasers. Common fully ablative lasers, including carbon dioxide (CO₂, wavelength...

as "Painless Tonsillectomy". Also known as Tissue Welding. Carbon dioxide laser: When a laser is used to perform tonsillectomy, it can be under local anaesthetic...

direct anilox laser engraving process has been dominated by the use of fibre lasers which provide the high powers of the carbon dioxide lasers together with...

common types are carbon dioxide lasers and excimer lasers, both used extensively in industry and research; less common are nitrogen lasers. The acronym "TEA"...

bursts into flame upon irradiation by a high power continuous wave carbon dioxide laser emitting tens of kilowatts of far infrared light. Note the operator...

materials (i.e. fabrics). It is formed by a galvanometric laser head and carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) source that runs along an horizontal beam (the bridge)...

needed. Laser or cryotherapy may be considered for men who find PPPs distressing to look at or feel excessive embarrassment. Carbon dioxide laser generally...

Stühmer in 1928. as a condition affecting a set of circumcised men. Carbon dioxide laser treatment is safe and effective, and improves symptoms over the long...

A carbon dioxide sensor or CO2 sensor is an instrument for the measurement of carbon dioxide gas. The most common principles for CO2 sensors are infrared...

deuterium fluoride (DF) lasers, all operating in the mid-infrared region. There is also a DF–CO2 laser (deuterium fluoride–carbon dioxide), which, like COIL...

salicylic acid, urea, or retinoids to the skin. Fractional carbon dioxide lasers and Nd:YAG laser therapies are also effective. KP results in small, rough...

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Surgical curettage of the wart Laser treatment – often with a pulse dye laser or carbon dioxide (CO2) laser. Pulse dye lasers (wavelength 582 nm) work by...

enriched. The laser for the excitation is usually a carbon dioxide laser with output wavelength shifted from 10.6 μm to 16 μm; the photolysis laser may be a...