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Diode Laser 810nm 5,0 Watt for Dentistry an Medicine

2002 first surgical diode laser battery working on the world made by Creation medical laser

Other types of lasers

Laser gain medium and type

Operation wavelength(s)

Pump source Applications and notes

Free electron laser

A broad wavelength range (about 100 nm - several mm); one free electron laser may be tunable over a wavelength range

relativistic electron

beam

research, material science, medical

applications.

"Nickel-like" Samarium laser

X-rays at 7.3 nm wavelength

Lasing in ultra-hot samarium plasma formed by double pulse terawatt scale irradiation fluences created by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's Nd:glass Vulcan

laser.

First demonstration of efficient "saturated" operation of a sub–10 nm X-ray laser, possible applications in high resolution microscopy and holography, operation is close to the "water window" at 2.2 to 4.4 nm where observation of DNA structure and the action of viruses and drugs on cells can be examined.

Raman laser, uses inelastic

1-2 μm for fiber version

Other laser, mostly Yb-glass fiber lasers

Complete 1-2 μm wavelength coverage; distributed optical signal