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Why ordinary light is not coherent?

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Why are lasers different from other kinds of light?

Because laser light is highly coherent: all one wavelength with all the peaks aligned (all waves completely in phase). Ordinary light is not coherent.


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Difference between laser and ordinary light?

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What makes up laser light and how is it used?

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