6A005 LASERS
Solid State
c.2. Non-"tunable"
laser
type Solid State |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
other |
other 2 |
Neodymium glass |
1060 |
10W
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20 J to 50J
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as above with | 1060 |
50 J
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as above with | 1060 |
10W
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50 J to 100 J
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as above with | |
1060 |
100 J
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eodymium doped
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1000-1100 | |||||||
Pulse-excited, |
5GW |
less than 1 ns |
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Pulse-excited, |
10W | |||||||
Pulse-excited, |
0.1 J;
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Pulse-excited,
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Pulse-excited,
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100MW |
more than 1 ns
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single-transverse |
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Pulse-excited,
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20W |
more than 1 ns
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single-transverse |
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Pulse-excited,
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2J |
more than 1 ns
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single-transverse |
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Pulse-excited,
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400MW |
more than 1 ns
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multiple-transverse |
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Pulse-excited,
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2kW |
more than 1 ns
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multiple-transverse |
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Pulse-excited,
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2J |
more than 1 ns
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multiple-transverse |
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Pulse-excited, |
500kW |
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single-transverse |
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as above item except having | 150W |
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single-transverse |
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1 MW |
multiple-transverse |
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2kW |
multiple-transverse |
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Neodymium-doped
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500nm to -550nm |
40 W
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Incorporating |
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Neodymium-doped (not glass) |
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400 MW |
equal to or |
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pulse-excited, non-"Q-switched" |
1000-1100 |
2 kW |
multiple-transverse mode |
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as above item except having |
continuously excited, |
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and 6A005.f.1. |
tunable solid state
laser
type any TUNABLE solid state laser including the following: |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
titanium sapphire thulium -YAG thulium -YSCG alexandrite color center lasers |
less than 600nm |
1 Watt |
50mJ or 1W |
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titanium sapphire thulium -YAG thulium -YSCG alexandrite color center lasers |
greater than 600nm less than 1,400nm |
20W |
1J or 20W |
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titanium sapphire thulium -YAG thulium -YSCG alexandrite color center lasers |
exceeding 1400nm |
1W |
50mJ or 1W |
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Alexandrite |
30W |
125Hz | 0.005nm | |||
Nd Glass = tunable! |
1,060 ~1,260nm |
Semiconductor "lasers" |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
other |
other 2 |
less than |
1.5 W |
single-transverse mode |
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greater than |
500 mW |
single-transverse mode |
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less than |
10W |
multiple-transverse mode |
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greater than 1400 nm |
2.5 W |
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greater than |
10 W |
Laser type
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wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak
power or max power/pulse |
max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
other |
other 2 |
Krypton ion |
50 W |
1.5 J
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Argon ion |
400nm - 515nm |
40 W
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Laser type
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wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak
power or max power/pulse |
max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
other |
other 2 |
CO2 |
9,000 - 11,000 |
15kW
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9,000 - 11,000 |
10 kW
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exceeding 10 ns
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100 kW
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exceeding 10 ns
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pulsed |
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5 J |
less than 10 ns |
pulsed |
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2.5 kW
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less than 10 ns | pulsed | ||||||
Exceptions |
9,000 - 11,000 |
500 W
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250 Hz |
less than
200 ns
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15 kW
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multiple-transverse |
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5 kW
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2 J
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Gas Lasers 6A005a.3. Carbon monoxide (CO)"lasers" having any of the following:
Laser type
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wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
other |
other 2 |
CO |
2 J |
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5 kW
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Exceptions |
10kW | multi-mode |
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5 kW
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2 J
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single or multi-mode |
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laser
typeExcimer |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
150 nm or longer
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50 mJ
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1 W
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between 150nm and 190nm |
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1.5 J
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120 W |
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between 190nm and 360nm |
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10 J
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500 W
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360nm and longer |
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1.5 J |
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30 W |
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240nm
-360nm |
500W |
250hZ |
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0 |
0 |
other gas lasers
laser
type GAS |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
other |
other 2 |
nitrogen |
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any gas |
less than150 nm
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50 mJ |
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less than150 nm
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1 W
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any gas | 150-800 |
1.5 J |
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30 W
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any gas | 800-1400nm |
0.25 J |
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10 W
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any gas | greater than 1400nm |
1 W
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Metal Vapor
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
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Gold |
627 |
5 W
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Sodium |
5 W
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Barium |
2 W
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Strontium |
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Rubidium |
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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 |
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Za |
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I2 |
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Cs |
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K |
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Sm |
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lanthanide |
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U, Er, Gd |
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metal salts (CuCl etc) |
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Raman | ||||||||
virtually all metals | ||||||||
6A995 "Lasers", not controlled by 6A005 or
6A205.
DYE
laser
type |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak
power |
max
repetition rate in Hz |
pulse
duration |
minimum bandwidth |
Dye and other liquid |
less than 150 nm |
1 W |
exceeding 50 mJ |
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Dye and other liquid |
150 - 800 nm |
20 W |
exceeding 1.5 J |
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Dye and other liquid |
150 - 800 nm |
1 W |
exceeding 1kHz |
less than 100 ns |
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Dye and other liquid |
800 nm but not |
0.5 J |
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Tunable pulsed |
300 and 800 nm |
laser
type |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak
power |
max
repetition rate in Hz |
max pulse
duration in nanoseconds |
minimum bandwidth |
Argon ion | 400-515 |
40 |
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Tunable pulsed single-mode dye laser oscillators | 300-800 |
1 |
1kHz |
100 |
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Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators | 300-800 |
30 |
1kHz |
100 |
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Pulsed carbon dioxide "lasers" | 9,000-11,000 |
500 |
250Hz |
200 |
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Para-hydrogen Raman shifters | 16,000 |
250 |
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Pulse-excited, Q-switched neodymium-doped (other than glass) "lasers" | 1,000-1,100 |
50 |
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)
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10 kW
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100 kW |
exceeding 10 microseconds |
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Carbon dioxide (CO2)
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2.5 kW and |
5 Joules and |
less than 10 microseconds |
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Semiconductor |
exceeding 1,050 nm
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100 mW
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Semiconductor |
exceeding 1,050 nm
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Solid state |
20 J per pulse
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Neodymium-doped Q-switched |
1,000 nm but not |
50 W
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200 MW
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Neodymium-doped |
500 W
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free electron lasers |
Chemical Lasers of any power are controlled
laser
typeChemical |
wavelengths in nanometers |
max average
power in Watts |
max peak power | max repetition rate in Hz | pulse duration | minimum bandwidth |
HF Hydrogen fluoride |
2,600 to 3,100 |
0 |
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DF Deuterium Fluoride |
3,700 to 4,200 |
0 |
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transfer laser O2-I Oxygen Iodine |
1,315 |
0 |
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transfer laser DF-CO2 Deuterium Fluoride-Carbon Dioxide |
0 |
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