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helium-cadmium laser

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helium-cadmium laser [′hē·lē·əm ′kad·mē·əm ′lā·zər]
(optics)
A metal-vapor ion laser in which cadmium vapor, produced by heat or other means, migrates through a high-voltage glow discharge in helium, generating a continuous laser beam at wavelengths in the ultraviolet and blue parts of the spectrum (about 0.3 to 0.5 micrometer).


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It also features an air-cooled 8-mW, 325-nm helium-cadmium laser m addition to a 15-mW, 488-nm argon-ion laser.
The Company has been at the forefront of developments involving the use of CO2 in equipment for laser marking, YAG lasers, ultraviolet solid-state lasers, Helium-Neon lasers and Helium-Cadmium lasers.
 
 
 
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