The carbon-dioxide laser is one of the most powerful lasers developed. The energy difference between the two laser levels is 0.117 eV. (a) What is the frequency of the radiation emitted by this laser? (b) In what part of the EM spectrum is such radiation found?

The carbon-dioxide laser is one of the most powerful lasers developed. The energy difference between the two laser levels is 0.117 eV. (a) What is the frequency of the radiation emitted by this laser? (b) In what part of the EM spectrum is such radiation found?

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The carbon-dioxide laser is one of the most powerful lasers developed. The energy difference between the two laser levels is 0.117 eV.
(a) What is the frequency of the radiation emitted by this laser?
(b) In what part of the EM spectrum is such radiation found?

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