μm−1\mu\text{m}^{-1}

per micrometer

Wavenumberexact by definition

The reciprocal micrometre is 10⁶ m⁻¹. It is used in near-field optics, plasmonics and photonic crystal work, where feature spacings are sub-micrometre and reciprocal-space plots run over a few inverse micrometres.

1 μm−1\mu\text{m}^{-1} 1,000,000 m−1\text{m}^{-1}

One per micrometer in every wavenumber unit

1,000,000,000per kilometer (km⁻¹)
1,000,000per meter (m⁻¹)
304,800per foot (ft⁻¹)
25,400per inch (in⁻¹)
10,000per centimeter (kayser) (cm⁻¹)
1,000per millimeter (mm⁻¹)
1,000line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm)
1per micrometer (μm⁻¹)this unit
0.001per nanometer (nm⁻¹)
0.0001per angstrom (Å⁻¹)