State three properties of lasers that make them preferable to ordinary light beam.

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Physics - 2020 (Essay) Subject: Physics

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State three properties of lasers that make them preferable to ordinary light beam.
 

Answer Details

Properties of lasers that make them preferable to an ordinary light beam:

  • Monochromatic: laser light is of a single (or very narrow band of) wavelength/colour, unlike ordinary light which is a mixture of many wavelengths.
  • Coherent: the waves are all in phase with one another, both in space and time.
  • Highly directional and narrow (collimated): the beam is very parallel and spreads very little over long distances, giving high intensity concentrated in a small area (it is also very intense/bright).

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