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Lasers have only one colour & are focused on an area while ordinary light is made of the colours you see in a rainbow and fan out.

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How is laser light different from a light in a light bulb?

Laser light is different from light in a light bulb because it is focused, coherent, and monochromatic. This means that laser light is concentrated, all the waves are in step with each other, and the light consists of a single color or wavelength. Conversely, light from a light bulb is diffuse, incoherent, and contains multiple wavelengths/colors.


How is a laser light different from a regular light?

laser light has a constant wavelength whereas regular light is made up of many wavelengths


In what ways is laser light different from visible light?

Laser light is different from visible light in several ways. Laser light is monochromatic, meaning it consists of a single color or wavelength, while visible light contains a range of colors. Laser light is also coherent, meaning its waves are in sync and travel in a straight line, unlike visible light which scatters in different directions. Additionally, laser light is intense and focused, making it useful for various applications such as cutting, welding, and medical procedures.


What are the most popular laser games?

Laser games are games that are played by using laser light beams to hit a target, usually other players. There are different kinds of games that are played, like Capture the Flag and Tag.


Difference between laser and ordinary light?

Laser lights are spectrally pure, i.e. one wavelength, and they are coherent, i.e. all phota in phase. As a result, the beam of a laser light tends to stay as beam, and not diverge due to scattering.


Is a laser light a type of light?

Yes. Laser light is special in that all the waves of electromagnetic energy are temporally and spacially coherent i.e. the waves are in step (or in phase) with each other and travel in a thin beam which does not diverge over distance.


What is a laser and its uses?

Well.. One thing I can name is laser hair removal. <><><> LASER means Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Laser light is different from other light. It is tightly focused, and it is "coherent" light-it is all lined up traveling in the same direction. Lasers are used in communication, medicine, measuring distance, as a cutting tool in metal fabrication, measuring speed, and yes, removing hair.


What do you call a beam of light so powerful that it can cut through light?

A laser. Laser beams are intense and concentrated beams of light that have the ability to cut through various materials, including other light sources.


How is uv light different from light?

It is different because the UV light is brighter then a normal light and it is like a laser. UV light is different to normal light because it is invisible and the wave length is smaller.


How is laser light different from incandescent light?

The intensity of light from most light sources is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source. So the intensity two meters from an incandescent lamp is one quarter of the intensity at one meter, and at three meters from the lamp the intensity is one ninth of the intensity at one meter. Laser light ideally has the same intensity at any distance.


What makes up laser light and how is it used?

Laser light is different from ordinary light. Laser light consists of light waves that all have the same wavelength, or color. The waves are coherent, or in step. A laser is a device that produces a narrow beam of coherent light. The word laser comes from a phrase that describes how it works: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Light amplification means that the light is strengthened. Stimulated emission means that the atoms emit light when exposed to electromagnetic radiation.


Why is the laser beam made of a light of a single colour?

The color of a beam of light is dependent on its wavelength. A laser will appear as one color because all the light being emitted from it is the same wavelength. This is also why lasers and laser pointers always have such a tight beam. By contrast, flashlights (which have much wider beams, and rely on mirrored interiors to amplify the light) have light at a variety of wavelengths, which is why the light is ultimately "colorless".