Solid-State Lasers Name Wavelength (nanometers) Typical Operation Alexandrite 700-830 Pulsed/CW tunable Erbium 850/1230/1540/1730/2900 Pulsed Holminum: Glass 1950 Pulsed Neodymium 1064/1123/1318/1370 Pulsed Qaud 266 Pulsed Trip 354.7 Pulsed Doubled 532 Pulsed Neodymium: Glass 1060 Pulsed Neodymium: YAG 1064.6 Pulsed/CW Ruby 694.3 Pulsed Quad 173.6 Pulsed Trip 231.4 Pulsed Titanium-Sapphire 660-1060 Pulsed/CW Gas Lasers Helium-Neon 543/632.8 CW Krypton 350-647 CW Argon 350-514.5 CW Xenon Fluoride 351 CW Excimer Argon Fluoride 193 Pulsed Excimer Krypton Fluoride 249 Pulsed Excimer Deuterium Fluoride 3,800-4,200 Pulsed/CW Excimer Hydrogen Fluoride 2,600-3,000 Pulsed/CW Chemical Carbon Dioxide 9,000-12,000 Pulsed/CW Semiconductor Lasers GaInP 670-680 GaAlAs 750-900 Lead Salt 2,700-30,000
CO2 range finder 10,600 nm goes through smoke and fog