6A995  "Lasers", not controlled by 6A005 or
6A205.
laser type
wavelengths
in nanometers
max average power in
Watts
max peak power
max repetition rate in Hz
 pulse duration

minimum
bandwidth
Carbon dioxide (CO2)

10 kW
100 kW

exceeding 10 microseconds

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

2.5 kW   and
5 Joules  and

less than 10 microseconds

Semiconductor
single-transverse mode
exceeding 1,050 nm
100 mW




Semiconductor
arrays
exceeding 1,050 nm





Solid state 
Ruby, non-"tunable"


20 J per pulse



Neodymium-doped Q-switched
(other than glass)
1,000 nm but not 
exceeding 1,100 nm
50 W
200 MW



Neodymium-doped
non- Q-switched and CW

500 W




free electron lasers










6A995 "Lasers
", not controlled by 6A005 or
6A205.

License Requirements

Reason for Control: AT

Control(s) Country Chart

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: N/A
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:

a. Carbon dioxide (CO2) "lasers" having any of the
following:

a.1. A CW output power exceeding 10 kW;

a.2. A pulsed output with a "pulse duration"
exceeding 10 microseconds; and

a.2.a. An average output power exceeding 10 kW; or

a.2.b. A pulsed "peak power" exceeding 100 kW; or

a.3. A pulsed output with a "pulse duration"
equal to or less than 10 microseconds; and

a.3.a. A pulse energy exceeding 5 J per
pulse and "peak power" exceeding 2.5 kW; or

a.3.b. An average output power exceeding 2.5 kW;

b. Semiconductor lasers, as follows:

b.1. Individual, single-transverse mode
semiconductor "lasers" having:

b.1.a. An average output power exceeding 100 mW; or

b.1.b. A wavelength exceeding 1,050 nm;

b.2. Individual, multiple-transverse mode
semiconductor "lasers", or arrays of individual
semiconductor "lasers", having a wavelength
exceeding 1,050 nm;

c. Solid state, non-"tunable" "lasers", as follows:

c.1. Ruby "lasers" having an output energy
exceeding 20 J per pulse;

c.2. Neodymium-doped (other than glass)
"lasers", as follows, with an output wavelength
exceeding 1,000 nm but not exceeding 1,100 nm:

c.2.a. Pulse-excited, "Q-switched lasers",
with a pulse duration equal to or more than 1 ns,
and a multiple-transverse mode output with any of
the following:

c.2.a.1. A "peak power" exceeding 200 MW; or

c.2.a.2. An average output power exceeding 50 W;

c.2.b. Pulse-excited, non-"Q-switched lasers", having a multiple-transverse
mode output with an average power exceeding 500 W; or

c.2.c. Continuously excited "lasers" having a multiple-transverse
mode output with an average or CW output power exceeding 500 W;

d. Free electron "lasers".