The Green Gap (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

The Green Gap

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Compact laser diodes can emit infrared, red and blue wavelengths, but are highly inefficient at producing green and yellow wavelengths, a region known as the "green gap."

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S. Kelley/NIST

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