The color of lasers with 561nm wavelength is neither yellow nor green. The 561nm laser is yellow green.

561nm Yellow Green Solid State Laser DPSS Source .

There are following types of 561nm laser:

Single Longitudinal Mode Laser
Low Noise Yellow Green Laser
High Stability Yellow Green Laser
Yellow Green OEM Laser Module
Fiber Coupled Laser System

The laser applictions for the 561nm lasers:

imaging microscopy

More informations about 561nm solid state laser:

DPSS yellow-green 561-nm lasers for improved fluorochrome detection by flow cytometry .