Title: copper vapour laser
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - copper vapour laser
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01338
Status: current

Definition
A pulsed source of coherent radiation emitting at \(578.2\ \rm{nm}\) and \(510.5\ \rm{nm}\) from excited copper atoms.

Related Terms
- coherent radiation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01130
- gas lasers: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/G02585
- laser: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/L03459

Source
- PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2234 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122223)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01338/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01338/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01338/xml

Citation: Citation: 'copper vapour laser' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C01338
License: The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms.
Collection: If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .
Disclaimer: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.
Accessed: 2026-06-28T21:12:24+00:00