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Wavelength in nanometers to Hertz Converter
Use this page to convert wavelength in nanometers values into hertz, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.
Conversion formula
This conversion uses an offset formula rather than a single multiplier because the temperature scales start from different zero points.
nm wavelength to Hz: Apply the scale formula and then add or remove the required offset.
Example: 1000000000 nm wavelength = 299,792,458 Hz
Wavelength in nanometers
Frequency in hertz equals the speed of light divided by wavelength in meters, after converting nanometers to meters.
History: Nanometer wavelengths are standard for visible and ultraviolet light.
Current use: Used for visible light, LEDs, lasers, spectroscopy, and optical filters.
Also written as nm wavelength, nanometer wavelength, nanometre wavelength, wavelength nanometers.
Hertz
Hertz measures cycles per second.
History: The hertz is named after Heinrich Hertz and is the SI unit of frequency.
Current use: Used for waves, electronics, optics, sound, radio, computing, and periodic phenomena.
Also written as Hz, hertz, cycles per second.
Wavelength in nanometers to Hertz table
| Wavelength in nanometers [nm wavelength] | Hertz [Hz] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 nm wavelength | 29,979,245,800,000,000,000 Hz |
| 0.1 nm wavelength | 2,997,924,580,000,000,000 Hz |
| 1 nm wavelength | 299,792,458,000,000,000 Hz |
| 2 nm wavelength | 149,896,229,000,000,000 Hz |
| 5 nm wavelength | 59,958,491,600,000,000 Hz |
| 10 nm wavelength | 29,979,245,800,000,000 Hz |
| 20 nm wavelength | 14,989,622,900,000,000 Hz |
| 50 nm wavelength | 5,995,849,160,000,000 Hz |
| 100 nm wavelength | 2,997,924,580,000,000 Hz |