Electromagnetic Spectrum | |||||
Frequency | Wavelength | ||||
Low Frequencies
(anything up to 300 kHz) |
1 mHz | 300 Gm |
Atmoshperic Electrical Phenomena | ||
10 mHz | 30 Gm | ||||
100 mHz | 3 Gm | ||||
1 Hz | 300 Mm | ||||
10 Hz | 30 Mm | Power Lines - 60 Hz | |||
100 Hz | 3 Mm | ||||
1 kHz | 300 km | ||||
10 kHz | 30 km | Radionavigation - 10 kHz | |||
Radiowaves
(300 kHz - 300 MHz) |
100 kHz | 3 km | |||
1 MHz | 300 m | AM Radio - 1 MHz | |||
10 MHz | 30 m | Medical & Industrial RF Heating & CB Radio - 27-30 MHz | |||
Microwaves
(300 MHz - 300 GHz) |
100 MHz | 3 m | FM Radio and TV - 100 MHz | ||
1 GHz | 300 mm | Cellular Telephone - 1 GHz | |||
10 GHz | 30 mm | Microwave Ovens - 2.45 GHz, Police Traffic Radars - 10 Ghz, Satellite U/D
Links & Microwave Point-to-Point - 3-5 GHz, First Maser - 24 GHz | |||
100 GHz | 3 mm | Modern Airport Radar & Experimental systems - 15-100 GHz | |||
Infrared
(300 Ghz to Red light at 375 Thz, roughly) |
1 THz | 300 µm | |||
10 THz | 30 µm | CO2 Laser | |||
100 THz | 3 µm | "Heat" Lamps - 2 µm, Nd:YAG Laser - 1.06 µm | |||
Visible Light (375 THz - 750 Thz or 800 nm - 400 nm) | HeNe Laser - 638 nm | ||||
Ultraviolet
(about 750 Thz - 300 PHz) |
1 PHz | 300 nm | "Black" Lights - 350 nm, "Sun" Lamps - 300 nm, Germicidal Lamps - 200 nm | ||
10 PHz | 30 nm | ||||
100 PHz | 3 nm | ||||
X-Rays/Gamma Rays | 1 EHz | 300 pm | |||
10 EHz | 30 pm | Medical and Dental X-Ray Machines, Cobalt-60 Cancer Therapy | |||
100 EHz | 3 pm |