Difference between revisions of "Referral-Table-Electromagnetic-Spectrum-Optical-Range"

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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>'''Color''':</small> <br> ┌ <small>Color: '''Infrared-Y'''</small> <br> └ <small>Color: '''Infrared-J'''</small> <br>· · » <small>Water Absorption Spectra ''(3 lines: 970nm, 1250nm, 1450nm)''</small> <br><span style="color:#771133>· · »» <small>''===> 1000 nm /Formerly T5 "(F / FarIR) - Far Infrared" <small>('''Incorrect - See Below''')</small>''</small></span>
 
| style="text-align: left;"|<small>'''Color''':</small> <br> ┌ <small>Color: '''Infrared-Y'''</small> <br> └ <small>Color: '''Infrared-J'''</small> <br>· · » <small>Water Absorption Spectra ''(3 lines: 970nm, 1250nm, 1450nm)''</small> <br><span style="color:#771133>· · »» <small>''===> 1000 nm /Formerly T5 "(F / FarIR) - Far Infrared" <small>('''Incorrect - See Below''')</small>''</small></span>
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''''Intermediate-IR''''' <small>'''''(IIR)'''''</small> / <small>'''''(IR-C)'''''</small> <br> └ <small> '''''Midwave-IR''''' <small>(Mid-IR)</small> - "'''L-Band'''" (~3450 nm) </small> <br> └ <small> '''''Midwave-IR''''' <small>(Mid-IR)</small> - "'''M-Band'''" (~4750 nm)</small>
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Revision as of 13:16, 3 April 2025

THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM -
Optical Range

Wavelength (nm) T5
Code
Alt
Code
T5
Name
Extended
Color Name
Standard Physics Range Band ADDITIONAL NOTES
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30 V X (?) VHardUV Very Hard Ultra-Violet Beyond Extreme Ultra-Violet (10nm - 50nm)
100 H HardUV Hard Ultra-Violet Extreme Ultra-Violet (50nm - 120nm)
170 D DarkUV Dark Ultra-Violet Far Ultra-Violet (121nm - 200nm) Color: UVC2 (Dark UV) - Shortwave UV: 120nm - 200nm
240 U UV Ultra-Violet Middle Ultra-Violet (200nm - 300nm) Color: UVC1 (Light UV) - Shortwave UV: 200nm - 280nm
310 SA/SB Sparkle Near Ultra-Violet Near Ultra-Violet (300nm - 400nm) Color: UVB (Sparkle) - Mediumwave UV: 280nm - 315nm
Color: UVA (Blacklight) - Longwave UV : 315nm - 400nm - (Visible to Birds / Insects / Fish)
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380 P Purple Human Visible Violet Violet Color: Violet: 380nm - 420nm / Color: Indigo: 420nm - 450nm
450 B Blue Human Visible Blue Blue Color: Blue: 450nm - 485nm / Color: Cyan: 485nm - 500nm
540 G Green Human Visible Green Green Color: Green: 500nm - 565nm / Color: Yellow: 565nm - 590nm
610 R Red Human Visible Red (Orange) Red Color: Orange-Red: 590nm - 625nm
680 C Cerise Human Visible Cerise Cherry Red Color: Red / Cherry-Red: 625nm - 750nm
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-- Near Infrared Region --
750 A A Aglow Edge of Near-Infrared Edge of Near-IR Color: Dark Red-Black 750 nm - 780 nm
· ·»» ===> 750 nm /Formerly T5 "(A / Aglow) - Edge of Infrared"
820 EI I NearNIR
(EdgeNIR / ENIR)
"Near" Near-Infrared Near-IR
"I-Band" ~800 nm
Color: Infrared-I
· ·»» ===> 820 nm /Formerly T5 "(N / NearIR) - Near Infrared"
890 NZ Z NearIR / NIR Near-Infrared Near-IR
"Z-Band" ~900 nm
Color: Infrared-Z
· ·»» ===> 890 nm /Formerly T5 "(I / IR) - Infrared"
1 000 WY / WJ Y / J FarNIR / IR-A "Far" Near-Infrared Near-IR / (IR-A)
"Y-Band" (~1020 nm)
"J-Band" (~1220 nm)
Color:
Color: Infrared-Y
Color: Infrared-J
· · » Water Absorption Spectra (3 lines: 970nm, 1250nm, 1450nm)
· · »» ===> 1000 nm /Formerly T5 "(F / FarIR) - Far Infrared" (Incorrect - See Below)
-- Mid-Infrared Region --
2 000 IH / IK K XNIR / IRB
(SwIR)
"Extreme" Near-Infrared /
Shortwavelength
Infrared
Shortwave-IR / (IR-B)
"H-Band" (~1630 nm)
"K-Band" (~2190 nm)
Color:
Color: Infrared-H
Color: Infrared-K
· · »» ===> 2000 nm /Formerly T5 "(X / XIR) - Extreme Infrared" (Incorrect - See Below)
4 000 ML / M L / M ZNIR / IR-C
(MIR / IIR)
(MwIR)
Beyond
("Extreme-") Near-Infrared /
Midwavelegth
Infrared
Intermediate-IR (IIR) / (IR-C)
Midwave-IR (Mid-IR) - "L-Band" (~3450 nm)
Midwave-IR (Mid-IR) - "M-Band" (~4750 nm)
Color:
Color: Infrared-L
Color: Infrared-M
· · »» Thermal Infrared (Imaging).
· · »» ===> 4000 nm /Formerly T5 "(Z / ZIR) - Beyond Extreme IR" (Incorrect - See Below)
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10 000 LN N LwIR (LIR) Longwavelength
Infrared
Intermediate-IR (IIR) / (IR-C)
Longwave-IR - "N-Band" (~10 500 nm)
Not normally a visual range.
Color: Infrared-N
· · »» Room Temperature ===> ( 8 000 nm - 25 000 nm )
· · »» Thermal Infrared (Imaging).
-- Far Infrared Region --
20 000 FQ Q FarIR (FIR) Far Infrared Far IR (FIR)
Very Longwave IR (VLwIR) - "Q-Band" (~21 000 nm)
Not normally a visual range.
Color: Infrared-Q
· · »» Room Temperature ===> ( 8 000 nm - 25 000 nm )
-- Beyond Extreme Infrared (Terahertz) Region --
> 30 000 ZT T ZIR / TIR Extreme Infrared Extreme IR (ZIR) / (TIR)
THF Microwave-Radiation - "THz Band" ( >30 000 nm )
Not normally a visual range.
Color: Infrared-T
· · »» Terahertz Radiation ==> ( >30 000 nm - 1 million nm )
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