POWER OF LASER

LASER MEDIUM	PEAK POWER(~)	WAVELENGTH	Uses
Gas
HENE	1 mW	633 nm	Supermarket Scanners
Argon	10 W	488 nm	Entertainment, Medical
CO2	200 W	10.6 mm	Cutting and Welding
CO2	5 mW	10.6 mm	Heat treating
Semiconductor
GaAs	5 mW	840 nm	CD players
AlGaAs	50 mW	760 nm	Laser printers
GaInAsP	20 mW	1.3 mm	Fibre communications
Solid State
Ruby	100 MW	694nm	Live holography
Nd:YAG	50 W	1.06 mm	Semiconductor processing
Nd:YAG (QS)	50 MW	1.06 mm	Medical applications
ND:YAG(ML)	2 kW	1.06 mm	Short-pulse studies
Nd:Glass	100 TW	1.06 mm	Laser fusion
Dye
Ring dye	100 mW	Tunable	Spectroscopy
Rh6G(ML)	10 kW	600 nm	Scientific studies
Chemical
HF	50 MW	3 mm	Weapons
Excimer
AlF	10 MW	193 nm	Materials processing
XeCl	50 kW	375 nm	Medical applications

Table I : Different types of Lasers & their Uses