Metal Vapor Laser
laser
type METAL VAPOR |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
other |
other 2 |
Copper |
511 and 578 |
20 W 40 W |
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Gold |
627 |
5 W
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Sodium |
178.7, 589 |
5 W
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Barium |
1130 (1500?) |
2 W
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Strontium |
3066 and 3011 only? |
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Rubidium |
780, 795 |
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cadmium |
442, 563, & 325 |
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mercury |
567 & 615 |
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selenium |
red to UV 24 lines |
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Ti |
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Mo |
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Ta |
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W |
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Pb |
722 nm | |||||||
Za |
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I2 |
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Cs |
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K |
770 |
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Sm |
2700-3250 ? | |||||||
lanthanide |
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U, Er, Gd |
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metal salts (CuCl etc) |
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Raman | ||||||||
thullium |
1960 |
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magnesium | 518.4 |
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metals& halides + metal only
+ the metal alone |
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virtually all metals |
a.2. Metal vapor"lasers", as follows:
a.2.a. Copper (Cu) "lasers" having an
average output power exceeding 20 W;
a.2.b. Gold (Au) "lasers" having an
average output power exceeding 5 W;
a.2.c. Sodium (Na) "lasers" having an
output power exceeding 5 W;
a.2.d. Barium (Ba) "lasers" having an
average output power exceeding 2 W;
(b) Copper vapor "lasers" controlled by
6A005.a.2.a having all of the following
characteristics:
(1) Operating at wavelengths between 500
and 600 nm; and
(2) An average output power ò 40 W;