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6A205"Lasers", "laser" amplifiers and oscillators, other than those specified in 0B001.g.5., 0B001.h.6. and 6A005, as follows:

List
EU dual-use list – Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, updated annually
Originating regime
NSG
N.B. For copper vapour lasers, see 6A005.b.
a. Argon ion "lasers" having both of the following characteristics:
1. Operating at wavelengths between 400 nm and 515 nm; and
2. An "average output power" greater than 40 W;
b. Tunable pulsed single-mode dye laser oscillators having all of the following characteristics:
1. Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;
2. An "average output power" greater than 1 W;
3. A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and
4. Pulse width less than 100 ns;
c. Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators, having all of the following characteristics:
1. Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;
2. An "average output power" greater than 30 W;
3. A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and
4. Pulse width less than 100 ns;
Note:
6A205.c. does not control single mode oscillators.
d. Pulsed carbon dioxide (CO2) "lasers" having all of the following characteristics:
1. Operating at wavelengths between 9 000 nm and 11 000 nm;
2. A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;
3. An "average output power" greater than 500 W; and
4. Pulse width of less than 200 ns;
e. Para-hydrogen Raman shifters designed to operate at 16 μm output wavelength and at a repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;
f. Neodymium-doped (other than glass) "lasers" with an output wavelength between 1 000 and 1 100 nm having either of the following:
1. Pulse-excited and Q-switched with a pulse duration equal to or more than 1 ns, and having either of the following:
a. A single–transverse mode output with an "average output power" greater than 40W; or
b. A multiple-transverse mode output having an average power greater than 50 W; or
2. Incorporating frequency doubling to give an output wavelength between 500 and 550 nm with an "average output power" of more than 40 W;
g. Pulsed carbon monoxide (CO) "lasers", other than those specified in 6A005.d.2., having all of the following:
1. Operating at wavelengths between 5 000 and 6 000 nm;
2. A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;
3. An "average output power" greater than 200 W; and
4. Pulse width of less than 200 ns.