A small list of solid-state colour lasers modules

I had to do a little market research about colour lasers recently, so as usual I made a list of what I have found. This list focuses on lasers manufacturers who produce several wavelength in the visible spectrum, like red, green, blue, yellow,... When the manufacturer has such offering I also join the IR/UV lasers as bonus.

The currently available wavelengths are [nm]:

• UV: 262, 263, 266, 349, 351, 355
• violet: 375, 404, 405, 415, 430
• blue: 440, 457, 473, 490, 491
• green: 501, 520, 523, 527, 532, 542, 544, 546
• yellow: 555, 556, 561, 562
• orange: 589, 593, 594, 605
• red: 635, 638, 639, 650, 655, 657, 658, 660, 670, 671, 675, 685, 690
• IR: 720, 760, 780, 785, 808, 810, 830, 840, 850, 852, 870, 905, 946, 980, 1047, 1050, 1053, 1060, 1064, 1300, 1310, 1313, 1319, 1342, 1550

Note that specifying the wavelenth with a 1nm accuracy is not that significant since lasers may have a tolerance of 2% on their nominal wavelength. Nevertheless, there is roughly one available colour every 20-30nm from UV to IR. Cool!

As it can be very time consuming to keep this list up to date I encourage manufacturer to contact me if/when changes are necessary.

Changelog:

• 2006-08-31: Arctos lasers added
• 2006-03-23: another update
• 2006-03-20: added a few more lasers
• 2006-01-24: a few more companies
• 2005-12-20: little update
• 2005-12-16: added a few companies
• 2005-12-15: added two manufacturers: Dream Lasers and DPSS Lasers.
• 2005-11-16: update most lasers; add prices; add Cobolt Jive, Oxxius Slim