laser pulses
Coherent light flashes
Laser pulses are brief, discrete bursts of laser light rather than a continuous beam.
The duration can range from milliseconds to femtoseconds depending on the application.
Pulsed lasers concentrate energy into short intervals, making them useful for cutting, welding, medical procedures, and scientific measurements: The surgeon used laser pulses to reshape the cornea.
- attosecondQuintillionth of a second
- photoionizationElectron ejection by light
- beamStructural support member
- ultrafastExtremely rapid
- pulseArterial blood throb
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coherence and directionality
laser pulsesdiffuse light
Light spread evenly, not direct
white light · scattered light · ambient light · incandescent light · thermal radiation