โ Scribed by R.K. Soni; V.K. Mandloie; M.B. Pote; A.K. Nath
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A laser power meter based on water as an absorbing medium has been developed to measure multi-kilowatt CO 2 laser power with high sensitivity and accuracy. Water absorbs CO 2 laser radiation readily within a very thin layer. Though water has large thermal capacity, due to short absorption length, it could vapourize at high laser powers. In order to circumvent this problem, this power meter has a centre cone and a rapidly spinning water film as the calorimetric medium. The unique feature in this development is the centre cone, which diverges the beam and reduces the power density thus reduces the possibility of vapourization. This minimizes the error in measurements. Due to the rapidly moving fluid film, it exhibits fast response at low as well as high power levels.
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