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Wavelength Application Market
630–635, Photodynamic therapy Medical
652, 668
3+
670 Cr : LiSAF – fs-Laser Diode-pumped
solid-state laser
(DPSSL)
689, 730 Age-related macular Medical
degeneration, Photodynamic
therapy
780, Δλ < 1 Diode-pumped gas laser Defense (high-
(rubidium vapor) energy laser)
3+
785, 792, 797 TM : YAG ≥ 2 μm DPSSL
3+
795 Δλ < 1 Nd : YLF DPSSL
Rb /Xe 139 /—Pumping Medical;
3+
Instrumentation
805, 808 Nd : YAG, Vascular, Hair DPSSL; Medical
3+
removal, Ophthalmology
810 ± 10 Cosmetic, Hair removal, Materials
Dental, Biostimulation, processing;
Surgical Medical
830 Prepress, Computer-to-plate Graphic arts
(CTP), Direct-on-press (DOP)
852, 868–885 Diode-pumped gas laser DPSSL
(cesium vapor)
3+
Nd : XXX (various host Defense
crystals)
3+
901 Yb : SFAB DPSSL
905 Laser range finding Instrumentation
915 Yb: Glass, Fiber laser DPSSL; Medical
3+
940 Yb : YAG, Disk, Varicose DPSSL; Medical
vein removal, Surgical Materials
applications
processing
968, 973–976 Yb : YAG, Disk DPSSL
3+
3+
Yb : Glass, Fiber Medical
laser, Dental, Surgical,
Ophthalmology

Table 6.3 Summary of Diode Laser Applications, Sorted by Wavelength
(Continued)