ECCN 6A005

NSNPAT

Lasers, components and optical equipment, as follows , excluding items that are subject to the export licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (see 10 CFR part 110).

Category: 6 - Sensors & LasersProduct Group: A - EquipmentLast Updated: 2026-04-10

What This ECCN Covers

ECCN 6A005 controls "lasers," their components, and related optical equipment across many laser types — gas, semiconductor, solid-state, fiber, dye, and chemical lasers — that meet defined output, wavelength, or pulse parameters (items subject to Nuclear Regulatory Commission authority are excluded). High-power and precision lasers are controlled because of uses in directed energy, isotope separation, and weapons development, giving the entry National Security, Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Anti-Terrorism reasons.

Who needs to check this?

Laser manufacturers, photonics and industrial-laser integrators, and exporters of laser components, optics, and pump sources.

Compliance tip

6A005 is one of the most parameter-dense entries — wavelength, average and peak power, pulse duration, and efficiency all matter, and a device just under a threshold may be uncontrolled or fall under 6A995. Classify at the sub-paragraph level and check the NS and NP columns plus the entry's License Exception paragraph before relying on any exception.

Reviewed by Jack Tan · Last reviewed: Jun 4, 2026

Items Covered

  • a.Ruby with output energy below 20 J;
  • b.Nitrogen;
  • c.Krypton.
  • a.Non-"tunable" continuous wave "(CW) lasers" having any of the following:
  • 1. Output wavelength less than 150 nm and output power exceeding 1W;
  • 2. Output wavelength of 150 nm or more but not exceeding 510 nm and output power exceeding 30 W;
  • 3. Output wavelength exceeding 510 nm but not exceeding 540 nm and any of the following:
  • 3.a. 'Single transverse mode' output and output power exceeding 50 W; or
  • 3.b. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and output power exceeding 150 W;
  • 4. Output wavelength exceeding 540 nm but not exceeding 800 nm and output power exceeding 30 W;
  • 5. Output wavelength exceeding 800 nm but not exceeding 975 nm and any of the following:
  • 5.a. 'Single transverse mode' output and output power exceeding 50 W; or
  • 5.b. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and output power exceeding 80 W;
  • 6. Output wavelength exceeding 975 nm but not exceeding 1,150 nm and any of the following;
  • 6.a. 'Single transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 6.a.1. Output power exceeding 1,000 W; or
  • 6.a.2. Having all of the following:
  • 6.a.2.a. Output power exceeding 500 W; and
  • 6.a.2.b. Spectral bandwidth less than 40 GHz; or
  • 6.b. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 6.b.1. 'Wall-plug efficiency' exceeding 18% and output power exceeding 1,000 W; or
  • 6.b.2. Output power exceeding 2 kW;
  • b.Output power exceeding 1 kW but not exceeding 1.6 kW and having a BPP exceeding 1.25 mm·mrad;
  • c.Output power exceeding 1.6 kW but not exceeding 2.5 kW and having a BPP exceeding 1.7 mm·mrad;
  • d.Output power exceeding 2.5 kW but not exceeding 3.3 kW and having a BPP exceeding 2.5 mm·mrad;
  • e.Output power exceeding 3.3 kW but not exceeding 6 kW and having a BPP exceeding 3.5 mm·mrad;
  • h.Output power exceeding 6 kW but not exceeding 8 kW and having a BPP exceeding 12 mm·mrad; or
  • i.Output power exceeding 8 kW but not exceeding 10 kW and having a BPP exceeding 24 mm·mrad;
  • 7. Output wavelength exceeding 1,150 nm but not exceeding 1,555 nm and any of the following:
  • 7.a. 'Single transverse mode' and output power exceeding 50 W; or
  • 7.b. 'Multiple transverse mode' and output power exceeding 80 W;
  • 8. Output wavelength exceeding 1,555 nm but not exceeding 1,850 nm and output power exceeding 1 W;
  • 9. Output wavelength exceeding 1,850 nm but not exceeding 2,100 nm, and any of the following:
  • 9.a. 'Single transverse mode' and output power exceeding 1 W; or
  • 9.b. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and output power exceeding 120 W; or
  • 10. Output wavelength exceeding 2,100 nm and output power exceeding 1 W;
  • b.Non-"tunable" "pulsed lasers" having any of the following:
  • 1. Output wavelength less than 150 nm and any of the following:
  • 1.a. Output energy exceeding 50 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or
  • 1.b. "Average output power" exceeding 1 W;
  • 2. Output wavelength of 150 nm or more but not exceeding 510 nm and any of the following:
  • 2.a. Output energy exceeding 1.5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 30 W; or
  • 2.b. "Average output power" exceeding 30 W;
  • 3. Output wavelength exceeding 510 nm, but not exceeding 540 nm and any of the following:
  • 3.a. 'Single transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 3.a.1. Output energy exceeding 1.5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W; or
  • 3.a.2. "Average output power" exceeding 80 W; or
  • 3.b. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 3.b.1. Output energy exceeding 1.5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 150 W; or
  • 3.b.2. "Average output power" exceeding 150 W;
  • 4. Output wavelength exceeding 540 nm but not exceeding 800 nm and any of the following:
  • 4.a. "Pulse duration" less than 1 ps and any of the following:
  • 4.a.1. Output energy exceeding 0.005 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 5 GW; or
  • 4.a.2. "Average output power" exceeding 20 W; or
  • 4.b. "Pulse duration" equal to or exceeding 1 ps and any of the following:
  • 4.b.1. Output energy exceeding 1.5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 30 W; or
  • 4.b.2. "Average output power" exceeding 30 W;
  • 5. Output wavelength exceeding 800 nm but not exceeding 975 nm and any of the following:
  • 5.a. "Pulse duration" less than 1ps and any of the following:
  • 5.a.1. Output energy exceeding 0.005 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 5 GW; or
  • 5.a.2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 20 W;
  • 5.b. "Pulse duration" equal to or exceeding 1 ps and not exceeding 1 µs and any of the following:
  • 5.b.1. Output energy exceeding 0.5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W;
  • 5.b.2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 20 W; or
  • 5.b.3. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or
  • 5.c. "Pulse duration" exceeding 1 µs and any of the following:
  • 5.c.1. Output energy exceeding 2 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W;
  • 5.c.2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or
  • 5.c.3. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 80 W.
  • 6. Output wavelength exceeding 975 nm but not exceeding 1,150 nm and any of the following:
  • 6.a. "Pulse duration" of less than 1 ps, and any of the following:
  • 6.a.1. Output "peak power" exceeding 2 GW per pulse;
  • 6.a.2. "Average output power" exceeding 30 W; or
  • 6.a.3. Output energy exceeding 0.002 J per pulse;
  • 6.b. "Pulse duration" equal to or exceeding 1 ps and less than 1 ns, and any of the following:
  • 6.b.1. Output "peak power" exceeding 5 GW per pulse;
  • 6.b.2. "Average output power" exceeding 50 W; or
  • 6.b.3. Output energy exceeding 0.1 J per pulse;
  • 6.c. "Pulse duration" equal to or exceeding 1 ns but not exceeding 1 µs and any of the following:
  • 6.c.1. 'Single transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 6.c.1.a. "Peak power" exceeding 100 MW;
  • 6.c.1.b. "Average output power" exceeding 20 W limited by design to a maximum pulse repetition frequency less than or equal to 1 kHz;
  • 6.c.1.c. 'Wall-plug efficiency' exceeding 12%, "average output power" exceeding 100 W and capable of operating at a pulse repetition frequency greater than 1 kHz;
  • 6.c.1.d. "Average output power" exceeding 150 W and capable of operating at a pulse repetition frequency greater than 1 kHz; or
  • 6.c.1.e. Output energy exceeding 2 J per pulse; or
  • 6.c.2. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 6.c.2.a. "Peak power" exceeding 400 MW;
  • 6.c.2.b. 'Wall-plug efficiency' exceeding 18% and "average output power" exceeding 500 W;
  • 6.c.2.c. "Average output power" exceeding 2 kW; or
  • 6.c.2.d. Output energy exceeding 4 J per pulse; or
  • 6.d. "Pulse duration" exceeding 1 µs and any of the following:
  • 6.d.1. 'Single transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 6.d.1.a. "Peak power" exceeding 500 kW;
  • 6.d.1.b. 'Wall-plug efficiency' exceeding 12% and "average output power" exceeding 100 W; or
  • 6.d.1.c. "Average output power" exceeding 150 W; or
  • 6.d.2. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and any of the following:
  • 6.d.2.a. "Peak power" exceeding 1 MW;
  • 6.d.2.b. 'Wall-plug efficiency' exceeding 18% and "average output power" exceeding 500 W; or
  • 6.d.2.c. "Average output power" exceeding 2 kW;
  • 7. Output wavelength exceeding 1,150 nm but not exceeding 1,555 nm and any of the following:
  • 7.a. "Pulse duration" not exceeding 1 µs and any of the following:
  • 7.a.1. Output energy exceeding 0.5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W;
  • 7.a.2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 20 W; or
  • 7.a.3. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or
  • 7.b. "Pulse duration" exceeding 1 µs and any of the following:
  • 7.b.1. Output energy exceeding 2 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W;
  • 7.b.2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or
  • 7.b.3. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 80 W;
  • 8. Output wavelength exceeding 1,555 nm but not exceeding 1,850 nm, and any of the following:
  • 8.a. Output energy exceeding 100 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or
  • 8.b. "Average output power" exceeding 1 W;
  • 9. Output wavelength exceeding 1,850 nm but not exceeding 2,100 nm, and any of the following:
  • 9.a. 'Single transverse mode' and any of the following:
  • 9.a.1. Output energy exceeding 100 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or
  • 9.a.2. "Average output power" exceeding 1 W;
  • 9.b. 'Multiple transverse mode' and any of the following:
  • 9.b.1. Output energy exceeding 100 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 10 kW; or
  • 9.b.2. "Average output power" exceeding 120 W; or
  • 10. Output wavelength exceeding 2,100 nm and any of the following:
  • 10.a. Output energy exceeding 100 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or
  • 10.b. "Average output power" exceeding 1 W;
  • c."Tunable" lasers having any of the following:
  • 1. Output wavelength less than 600 nm and any of the following:
  • 1.a. Output energy exceeding 50 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or
  • 1.b. Average or CW output power exceeding 1W;
  • 2. Output wavelength of 600 nm or more but not exceeding 1,400 nm, and any of the following:
  • 2.a. Output energy exceeding 1 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 20 W; or
  • 2.b. Average or CW output power exceeding 20 W; or
  • 3. Output wavelength exceeding 1,400 nm and any of the following:
  • 3.a. Output energy exceeding 50 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or
  • 3.b. Average or CW output power exceeding 1 W;
  • d.Other "lasers", not controlled by 6A005.a, 6A005.b, or 6A005.c as follows:
  • 1. Semiconductor "lasers" as follows:
  • 1.a. Individual single-transverse mode semiconductor "lasers" having any of the following:
  • 1.a.1. Wavelength equal to or less than 1,570 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 2.0 W; or
  • 1.a.2. Wavelength greater than 1,570 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 500 mW;
  • 1.b. Individual 'multiple-transverse mode' semiconductor "lasers" having any of the following:
  • 1.b.1. Wavelength of less than 1,400 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 25 W;
  • 1.b.2. Wavelength equal to or greater than 1,400 nm and less than 1,900 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 2.5 W; or
  • 1.b.3. Wavelength equal to or greater than 1,900 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 1 W;
  • 1.c. Individual semiconductor "laser" 'bars' having any of the following:
  • 1.c.1. Wavelength of less than 1,400 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 100 W;
  • 1.c.2. Wavelength equal to or greater than 1,400 nm and less than 1,900 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 25 W; or
  • 1.c.3. Wavelength equal to or greater than 1,900 nm and average or CW output power, exceeding 10 W;
  • 1.d. Semiconductor "laser" 'stacked arrays' (two dimensional arrays) having any of the following:
  • 1.d.1. Wavelength less than 1,400 nm and having any of the following:
  • 1.d.1.a. Average or CW total output power less than 3 kW and having average or CW output 'power density' greater than 500 W/cm2;
  • 1.d.1.b. Average or CW total output power equal to or exceeding 3 kW but less than or equal to 5 kW, and having average or CW output 'power density' greater than 350W/cm2;
  • 1.d.1.c. Average or CW total output power exceeding 5 kW;
  • 1.d.1.d. Peak pulsed 'power density' exceeding 2,500 W/cm2; or
  • 1.d.1.e. Spatially coherent average or CW total output power, greater than 150 W;
  • 1.d.2. Wavelength greater than or equal to 1,400 nm but less than 1,900 nm, and having any of the following:
  • 1.d.2.a. Average or CW total output power less than 250 W and average or CW output 'power density' greater than 150 W/cm2;
  • 1.d.2.b. Average or CW total output power equal to or exceeding 250 W but less than or equal to 500 W, and having average or CW output 'power density' greater than 50W/cm2;
  • 1.d.2.c. Average or CW total output power exceeding 500 W;
  • 1.d.2.d. Peak pulsed 'power density' exceeding 500 W/cm2; or
  • 1.d.2.e. Spatially coherent average or CW total output power, exceeding 15 W;
  • 1.d.3. Wavelength greater than or equal to 1,900 nm and having any of the following:
  • 1.d.3.a. Average or CW output 'power density' greater than 50 W/cm2;
  • 1.d.3.b. Average or CW output power greater than 10 W; or
  • 1.d.3.c. Spatially coherent average or CW total output power, exceeding 1.5 W; or
  • 1.d.4. At least one "laser" 'bar' specified by 6A005.d.1.c;
  • 1.e. Semiconductor "laser" 'stacked arrays', other than those specified by 6A005.d.1.d, having all of the following:
  • 1.e.1. specially designed or modified to be combined with other 'stacked arrays' to form a larger 'stacked array'; and
  • 1.e.2. Integrated connections, common for both electronics and cooling;
  • 2. Carbon monoxide (CO) "lasers" having any of the following:
  • 2.a. Output energy exceeding 2 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 5 kW; or
  • 2.b. Average or CW output power, exceeding 5 kW;
  • 3. Carbon dioxide (CO2) "lasers" having any of the following:
  • 3.a. CW output power exceeding 15 kW;
  • 3.b. Pulsed output with "pulse duration" exceeding 10 µs and any of the following:
  • 3.b.1. "Average output power" exceeding 10 kW; or
  • 3.b.2. "Peak power" exceeding 100 kW; or
  • 3.c. Pulsed output with a "pulse duration" equal to or less than 10 µs and any of the following:
  • 3.c.1. Pulse energy exceeding 5 J per pulse; or
  • 3.c.2. "Average output power" exceeding 2.5 kW;
  • 4. Excimer "lasers" having any of the following:
  • 4.a. Output wavelength not exceeding 150 nm and any of the following:
  • 4.a.1. Output energy exceeding 50 mJ per pulse; or
  • 4.a.2. "Average output power" exceeding 1 W;
  • 4.b. Output wavelength exceeding 150 nm but not exceeding 190 nm and any of the following:
  • 4.b.1. Output energy exceeding 1.5 J per pulse; or
  • 4.b.2. "Average output power" exceeding 120 W;
  • 4.c. Output wavelength exceeding 190 nm but not exceeding 360 nm and any of the following:
  • 4.c.1. Output energy exceeding 10 J per pulse; or
  • 4.c.2. "Average output power" exceeding 500 W; or
  • 4.d. Output wavelength exceeding 360 nm and any of the following:
  • 4.d.1. Output energy exceeding 1.5 J per pulse; or
  • 4.d.2. "Average output power" exceeding 30 W;
  • 5. "Chemical lasers" as follows:
  • 5.a. Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) "lasers';
  • 5.b. Deuterium Fluoride (DF) "lasers";
  • 5.c. 'Transfer lasers' as follows:
  • 5.c.1. Oxygen Iodine (O2-I) "lasers";
  • 5.c.2. Deuterium Fluoride-Carbon dioxide (DF-CO2) "lasers";
  • 6. 'Non-repetitive pulsed' Neodymium (Nd) glass "lasers" having any of the following:
  • 6.a. A "pulse duration" not exceeding 1 µs and output energy exceeding 50 J per pulse; or
  • 6.b. A "pulse duration" exceeding 1 µs and output energy exceeding 100 J per pulse;
  • e."Components" as follows:
  • 1. Mirrors cooled either by 'active cooling' or by heat pipe cooling;
  • 2. Optical mirrors or transmissive or partially transmissive optical or electro-optical-"components," other than fused tapered fiber combiners and Multi-Layer Dielectric gratings (MLDs), specially designed for use with controlled "lasers";
  • 3. Fiber "laser" "components" as follows:
  • 3.a. Multimode to multimode fused tapered fiber combiners having all of the following:
  • 3.a.1. An insertion loss better (less) than or equal to 0.3 dB maintained at a rated total average or CW output power (excluding output power transmitted through the single mode core if present) exceeding 1,000 W; and
  • 3.a.2. Number of input fibers equal to or greater than 3;
  • 3.b. Single mode to multimode fused tapered fiber combiners having all of the following:
  • 3.b.1. An insertion loss better (less) than 0.5 dB maintained at a rated total average or CW output power exceeding 4,600 W;
  • 3.b.2. Number of input fibers equal to or greater than 3; and
  • 3.b.3. Having any of the following:
  • 3.b.3.a. A Beam Parameter Product (BPP) measured at the output not exceeding 1.5 mm mrad for a number of input fibers less than or equal to 5; or
  • 3.b.3.b. A BPP measured at the output not exceeding 2.5 mm mrad for a number of input fibers greater than 5;
  • 3.c. MLDs having all of the following:
  • 3.c.1. Designed for spectral or coherent beam combination of 5 or more fiber "lasers;" and
  • 3.c.2. CW "Laser" Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT) greater than or equal to 10 kW/cm2;
  • f.Optical equipment as follows:
  • 2. "Laser" diagnostic equipment specially designed for dynamic measurement of "SHPL" system angular beam steering errors and having an angular "accuracy" of 10 µrad (microradians) or less (better);
  • 3. Optical equipment and "components", specially designed for coherent beam combination in a phased-array "SHPL" system and having any of the following:
  • 3.a. An "accuracy" of 0.1 µm or less, for wavelengths greater than 1 µm; or
  • 3.b. An "accuracy" of λ/10 or less (better) at the designed wavelength, for wavelengths equal to or less than 1 µm;
  • 4. Projection telescopes specially designed for use with "SHPL" systems;
  • g.'Laser acoustic detection equipment' having all of the following:
  • 1. CW "laser" output power greater than or equal to 20 mW;
  • 2. "Laser" frequency stability equal to or better (less) than 10 MHz;
  • 3. "Laser" wavelengths equal to or exceeding 1,000 nm but not exceeding 2,000 nm;
  • 4. Optical system resolution better (less) than 1 nm; and
  • 5. Optical Signal to Noise ratio equal to or exceeding 103.

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Control Reasons

NSNational Security

Items controlled for national security reasons under multilateral export control regimes.

Column 1: YesColumn 2: No
NPNuclear Nonproliferation

Items controlled for nuclear nonproliferation reasons.

Column 1: YesColumn 2: No
ATAnti-Terrorism

Items controlled for anti-terrorism reasons. Most items on the CCL have AT controls.

Column 1: YesColumn 2: No

Disclaimer

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