title: Compact flowing gas system for CO(2) lasers.
abstract: A miniature air-actuated vacuum pump has been utilized to effect gas flow at partial atmospheric pressures for waveguide CO(2) lasers. Implications are that flowing gas laser systems can be acceptable for many applications requiring miniaturization of components.
authors.affiliation: US Army Missile Research and Development Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35809.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Pratt