Visible laser and Hg arc emission wavelengths
| Source | Emission wavelengths (nm) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ar | [351] | [364] | 458 | 466 | 477 | 488 | 496 | 502 | 514 | ||||||||
| Kr | [337] | [356] | 468 | 476 | 482 | 521 | 531 | 568 | 647 | ||||||||
| ArKr | 488 | 568 | 647 | ||||||||||||||
| HeNe | 543 | 594 | 604 | 612 | 629 | 633 | 1152 | ||||||||||
| HeCd | 325 | 442 | 534 | 539 | 636 | ||||||||||||
| Solid state | 355 | 405 | 410 | 440 | 442 | 445 | 457 | 458 | 473 | 488 | 515 | 532 | 555 | 559 | 561 | 628 | 635 |
| 638 | 639 | 650 | 670 | 685 | 694 | 700–1000 tunable | 750 | 780 | 810 | ||||||||
| Hg arc | 313 | 334 | 365 | 405 | 436 | 546 | 577 | ||||||||||
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Unbracketed values are the lines available from the commonly used low-power (5–50 mW), air-cooled lasers. New solid-state lasers are introduced frequently; other wavelengths will probably be available soon. Many more lines, including those in the UV ranges that are listed in brackets, are available from the large high-power (1–5 W), water-cooled versions of the gas lasers. In contrast to the lasers, the Hg arc lamp emits at all wavelengths between its major peaks, at a level of 5%–10% of the peak intensity.










