3-micron flashlamp-pumped lasers are particularly valuable in medical, scientific, and material-processing applications because wavelengths near 3 µm coincide with a strong absorption band of water. Laser energy is therefore absorbed within a very shallow region of water-rich materials and biological tissue, enabling precise ablation with limited thermal penetration in surrounding areas. A common use for 3 micron lasers is dentistry for hard/soft tissue procedures, dermatology skin resurfacing, nonlinear optics, laser interaction studies, and pumping other laser sources. The interaction with water-containing and hydroxyl-bearing materials also make them useful for ablation and micromachining. Flashlamp pumped Erbium materials are able to achieve high peak powers.

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