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Lasers
Light
Amplification by
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation,
laser for short.
Scroll down to discover why your microwave is a laser and other strange facts.
Before laser there was the maser.
Microwaves are the bigger brother of lightwaves and were tested with to improve radars during WW2.
The clue came from a melting candybar in the researcher his pocket during experiments.
What makes laserlight special?
Short answer: all the lightwaves are perfectly alligned and exactly the same size.
The difference with LED's is the lightwaves are not perfectly in sync, but at least they are the same size.
And sunlight? One giant mess of all colours in all directions.
LASER.
Or loser?
The original laser needed an external light source that it amplified, modern lasers can make that light themselves. Because of this a laser technically becomes an optical oscillator and makes the acronym 'loser' technically more correct.
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