Wavelength Visiblility

532nm
635nm
650nm
405nm
808nm
593nm
Wavelength Response Color Typical Source/Application
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350 nm .00001 UV
380 nm .0002 Near UV
400 nm .0028 Border UV Nichia violet GaN laser diode
410 nm .0074 " "
420 nm .0175 Violet
442 nm .0398 Violet-blue Violet-blue line of HeCd laser
450 nm .0468 Blue
457.5 nm .0556 " Blue frequency doubled Nd:YVO4
457.9 nm .0562 " Blue line of argon ion laser
473 nm .104 " Blue frequency doubled Nd:YAG
488 nm .191 Green-blue Green-blue line of argon ion laser
500 nm .323 Blue-green
510 nm .503 Green Emerald green line of copper vapor laser
514.5 nm .588 " Green line of argon ion laser
532 nm .885 " Green frequency doubled Nd:YAG or Nd:YVO4
543.5 nm .974 " Green HeNe laser
550 nm .995 Yellow-green
555 nm 1.000 " Reference (peak) wavelength
567 nm .969 " Green line of Helium-Mercury laser
568 nm .964 " Y-G line of some krypton ion lasers
578 nm .889 Yellow Gold line of copper vapor laser
580 nm .870 "
594.1 nm .706 Orange-yellow Yellow HeNe laser
600 nm .631 Orange
611.9 nm .479 Red-orange Orange HeNe laser
615 nm .441 " Orange line of Helium-Mercury laser
627 nm .298 " Orange line of Gold Vapor Laser
632.8 nm .237 Orange-red Red HeNe laser
635 nm .217 " Laser diode (DVD, newer laser pointers)
640 nm .175 " "
645 nm .138 " "
647.1 nm .125 Red Red line of krypton or Ar/Kr ion laser
650 nm .107 " Laser diode (DVD, newer laser pointers)
655 nm .082 " Laser diode
660 nm .061 " "
670 nm .032 " Laser diode (UPC scanners, old pointers)
680 nm .017 "
685 nm .0119 Deep red
690 nm .0082 "
694.3 nm .006 " Ruby laser
700 nm .0041 Border IR
750 nm .00012 Near IR
780 nm .000015 " CD player/CDROM/LaserDisc laser diode
800 nm 3.7*10-6 " Laser diodes for pumping Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4
850 nm 1.1*10-7 "
900 nm 3.2*10-9 "
1,064 nm 3*10-14 " Nd lasers (including YAG)
1,523.1 nm 0.0000 " IR HeNe laser
3,390 nm 0.0000 Mid-IR IR HeNe laser
10,600 nm 0.0000 Far-IR CO2 laser