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Self-focussing of high-power TEA CO2 laser pulses for a number of 10 μm P-band lines is reported in SF6 molecular gas. Application of this effect to estimating the intensity-dependent refractive index of the gas is demonstrated.
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Al-Saidi, I.A., Harrison, R.G. Self-focussing of CO2 laser radiation in SF6 . Appl. Phys. B 55, 501–502 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332509
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