6A205  "Lasers", "laser" amplifiers and
oscillators, other than those controlled by
6A005 or described in 0B001.g.5 or h.6, as
follows (see List of Items Controlled).

License Requirements

     Reason for Control:   NP, AT

Control(s)                              Country Chart
     
NP applies to entire entry           NP Column 1

AT applies to entire entry          AT Column 1

License Exceptions

     LVS:     N/A
      GBS:     N/A
     CIV:     N/A

List of Items Controlled

     Unit:  Equipment in number; parts and
     accessories in $ value
     Related Controls:  (1) See ECCNs 6E001
     ("development"), 6E002 ("production"), and
     6E201 ("use") for technology for items
     controlled under this entry.  (2) Also see
     ECCNs 6A005 and 6A995.  (3) "Lasers"
     specially designed or prepared for use in
     isotope separation are subject to the export
     licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory
     Commission (see 10 CFR part 110).
     Related Definitions:  N/A
     Items:

a.  Argon ion "lasers" having both of the following characteristics:

     a.1.  Operating at wavelengths between 400 nm and 515 nm; and

     a.2.  An average output power greater than 40 W;

b.  Tunable pulsed single-mode dye laser oscillators having all of the following characteristics:

     b.1.  Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;

     b.2.  An average output power greater than 1 W;

     b.3.  A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and

     b.4.  Pulse width less than 100 ns;

c.  Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators having all of the following characteristics:

     c.1.  Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;

     c.2.  An average output power greater than 30W;

     c.3.  A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and

     c.4.  Pulse width less than 100 ns;

     Note:  6A205.c does not control single mode oscillators.

d.  Pulsed carbon dioxide "lasers" having all of the following characteristics:

     d.1.  Operating at wavelengths between 9,000 nm and 11,000 nm;

     d.2.  A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;

     d.3.  An average output power greater than 500 W; and

     d.4.  Pulse width of less than 200 ns;

e.  Para-hydrogen Raman shifters designed to operate at 16 micrometer output wavelength 
     and at a repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;

f.  Pulse-excited, Q-switched neodymium-doped (other than glass) "lasers" having all of the following characteristics:

     f.1.  An output wavelength exceeding 1,000 nm, but not exceeding 1,100 nm;

     f.2.  A pulse duration equal to or more than 1 ns; and

     f.3.  A multiple-transverse mode output having an average power exceeding 50 W.