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The path of a CO2 laser beam through a plasma is photographed by an image converter camera in conjunction with an interference filter. The filter was used to isolate a silicon impurity line the intensity of which was very sensitive to changes in plasma temperature produced by the absorption of the laser energy.
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Box et al. (1976) studied this question.
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