Which laser is the most burning?

Question

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I want to assemble a small DIY that will use a laser that pops balloons at a distance, etc. What color laser has the most thermal effect?
That is, I have a choice between blue, green and red lasers with the same power (announced in milliwatts) and I don’t know which one to take. On the one hand, blue has a minimum wavelength and a maximum frequency, which means photons have max energy. On the other hand, blue seems to be the most attenuated by glass and is generally very easily dissipated with distance.
As a result, I do not know which one to take:
red
green
blue
Advise something.

Answer 1

corresponding to the maximum of the absorption spectrum of the material of the balls

Answer 2

The thermal (burning) effect depends only on the power density in the spot and the absorption coefficient. Spetros replied that infrared, but in fact the opposite is true - in the near infrared light, most materials are very bright. On the contrary, in the ultraviolet region, many objects that are bright in visible light are almost black - but high-power ultraviolet lasers are not readily available.

Answer 3

Infrared.

Answer 4

I would take the red one, it will obviously work better since they are older

Answer 5

Powerful green can be burned from a meter distance on a tree, from personal experience.

Answer 6

In Star Wars I saw a sickly laser, you can not only burst balloons, but also shred drones. I’m not special on lasers, I won’t tell you what spectrum there)

Answer 7

Green ball --> reflects green, absorbs red --> red laser.
Accordingly:
Orange <-> purple
Yellow <-> Blue
And it is better to take an IR laser and black balls. IR is thermal almost by definition.

Answer 8

it depends more on the power of the laser diode, and when eating less current and issuing more energy, the blue laser leads, then purple, green ones can also surprise you, but they cost up to 1000 bucks, they burn for 100 meters, and what the Chinese sell is not green, but infrared with a green module in which enlightenment at the wavelength of a green laser, in other words, a "filter", the red ones burn well, but the beam is not visible, only a bunny and they eat well, infrared bitches are dangerous, very powerful but completely invisible to the eye

Answer 9

Slightly necroposting, but still. And once again about safety. Personal experience.
A 300 mW laser on an already dead battery was directed into a glass window ... it was reflected and hit the eye - the sensations are so not pleasant that I still wince when I remember. And several months have passed.