Types of Laser

Commercial Laser Types, Organized by Wavelength

Wavelength, ?m	Type	Chapter	Output type and power
0.152	Molecular fluorine (F ₂)	13	Pulsed, to a few watts average
0.192	ArF excimer	13	Pulsed, to tens of watts average
0.2 0.35	Doubled dye	17	Pulsed
0.222	KrCl excimer	13	Pulsed, to a few watts average
0.235 0.3	Tripled Ti-sapphire	24	Pulsed
0.248	KrF excimer	13	Pulsed, to over 100 W average
0.266	Quadrupled Nd	22	Pulsed, watts
0.275 0.306	Argon ion	8	Continuous-wave (CW), 1-W range
0.308	XeCl excimer	13	Pulsed, to tens of watts
0.32 1.0	Pulsed dye	17	Pulsed, to tens of watts
0.325	He Cd	9	CW, to tens of milliwatts
0.33 0.36	Ar or Kr ion	8	CW, to several watts
0.33 0.38	Neon	8	CW, 1-W range
0.337	Nitrogen	14	Pulsed, under 1 W average
0.347	Doubled ruby	23	Pulsed, under 1 W average
0.35 0.47	Doubled Ti-sapphire	24	Pulsed
0.351	XeF excimer	13	Pulsed, to tens of watts
0.355	Tripled Nd	22	Pulsed, to tens of watts
0.36 0.4	Doubled alexandrite	24	Pulsed, watts
0.37 1.0	CW dye	17	CW, to a few watts
0.442	He Cd	9	CW, to over 0.1 W
0.45 0.52	Ar ion	8	CW, to tens of watts
0.48 0.54	Xenon ion	16	Pulsed, low average power
0.51	Copper vapor	12	Pulsed, tens of watts
0.523	Doubled Nd-YLF	22	Pulsed, watts
0.532	Doubled Nd-YAG	22	Pulsed to 50 W or CW to watts
0.534, 0.538	He Cd	9	CW, milliwatts, in white-light laser
0.5435	He Ne	7	CW, 1-mW range
0.578	Copper vapor	12	Pulsed, tens...

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