15..6: The Helium-Neon Laser - Chemistry LibreTexts ..
This gas laser is a four-level laser that use helium atoms to excite neon atoms.. It is the atomic transitions in the neon that produces the laser light.. The most commonly used neon transition in these lasers produces red light at 632..8 nm.. But these lasers can also produce green and yellow light in the visible as well as UV and IR (Javan's ..