|
| Frequency Range |
|
Wavelength |
Frequency |
Photon Energy |
| von |
bis |
von |
bis |
| Low Frequency |
Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) |
10 Mm |
100 Mm |
3 Hz |
30 Hz |
> 2,0 × 10-33 J
> 12 feV |
| Super Low Frequency (SLF) |
1 Mm |
10 Mm |
30 Hz |
300 Hz |
> 2,0 × 10-32 J
> 120 feV |
| Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) |
100 km |
1000 km |
300 Hz
0,3 kHz |
3000 Hz
3 kHz |
> 2,0 × 10-31 J
> 1,2 peV |
Very Low Frequency (VLF)
Super Long Wave (SLW) |
10 km |
100 km |
3 kHz |
30 kHz |
> 2,0 × 10-30 J
> 12 peV |
| Radio waves |
Long Wave (LW) |
|
10 km |
30 kHz |
300 kHz |
> 2,0 × 10-29 J
> 120 peV |
| Medium frequency (MF) |
|
650 m |
300 kHz |
1,5 MHz |
> 2· × 10-28 J
> 1,2 neV |
| Short wave (SW) |
|
180 m |
1,7 MHz |
|
> 1,1 × 10-27 J
> 6,9 neV |
| Ultra short wave (USW) |
|
10 m |
30 MHz |
300 MHz |
> 2,0 × 10-26 J
> 120 neV |
| Micro waves |
Decimeter waves |
10 cm |
1 m |
300 MHz |
3 GHz |
> 2,0 × 10-25 J
> 1,2 µeV |
| Centimeter waves |
1 cm |
10 cm |
3 GHz |
30 GHz |
> 2,0 × 10-24 J
> 12 µeV |
| millimeter waves |
1 mm |
1 cm |
30 GHz |
300 GHz
0,3 THz |
> 2,0 × 10-23 J
> 120 µeV |
| Terahertz radiation |
30 µm |
3 mm |
0,1 THz |
10 THz |
> 6,6 × 10-23 J
> 0,4 meV |
| Infrared radiation (heat) |
Far Infrared |
50 µm |
1 mm |
300 GHz |
6 THz |
> 2,0 × 10-22 J
> 1,2 meV |
| Middle Infrared |
3,0 µm |
50 µm |
6 THz |
100 THz |
> 4,0 × 10-21 J
> 25 meV |
| Near Infrared |
780 nm |
3,0 µm |
100 THz |
385 THz |
> 8,0 × 10-20 J
> 500 meV |
| Visible Light |
red |
640 nm |
780 nm |
384 THz |
468 THz |
1,6 – 1,95 eV |
| orange |
600 nm |
640 nm |
468 THz |
500 THz |
1,95 – 2,06 eV |
| yellow |
570 nm |
600 nm |
500 THz |
526 THz |
2,06 – 2,17 eV |
| green |
490 nm |
570 nm |
526 THz |
612 THz |
2,17 – 2,53 eV |
| blue |
430 nm |
490 nm |
612 THz |
697 THz |
2,53 – 2,88 eV |
| violet |
380 nm |
430 nm |
697 THz |
789 THz |
> 4,6 × 10-19 J
> 2,9 eV |
| ultra violet |
weak ultra violet |
200 nm |
380 nm |
789 THz |
1500 THz
1,5 PHz |
> 5,2 × 10-19 J
> 3,3 eV |
| strong ultra violet |
50 nm |
200 nm |
1,5 PHz |
6 PHz |
> 9,9 × 10-19 J
> 6,2 eV |
| XUV |
1 nm |
50 nm |
6 PHz |
300 PHz |
>5,0 × 10-18 J
20 – 1000 eV
|
| X ray |
10 pm |
1 nm |
300 PHz |
30000 PHz
30 EHz |
> 2,0 × 10-16 J
> 1 keV |
| gamma radiation |
|
10 pm |
30 EHz |
|
> 2,0 × 10-14 J
> 120 keV |
|
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