Are there black lasers?

Is it even possible to produce these colors in a laser diode? Of course it's impossible, black is the absence of light (the fact UV or others radiations are non-visible, don't make them a "black beam").
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Can a laser be any color?

Lasers now come in different colors—green, red, blue and yellow—and function in different ways, too. Green light lasers are the most common and popular today. As a leading manufacturer of underground laser alignment tools, Laser Tools Co.
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What is the strongest color of laser?

As a general rule, green lasers are 532nm are 5-7X brighter than any other laser color, at the same power. Whether blue, red, purple/violet, or a light color like yellow, green is the best at strength for visibility.
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What is the deadliest laser?

Magurele Laser in Romania officially becomes the most powerful laser in the world. The laser at Magurele, near Bucharest, Romania marked a world premiere after reaching the highest power, 10 PetaWats.
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Is a white laser possible?

While lasers were invented in 1960 and are commonly used in many applications, one characteristic of the technology has proven unattainable. No one has been able to create a laser that beams white light. Researchers at Arizona State University have solved the puzzle.
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What are purple lasers used for?

Violet, the newest laser pointer color, has a stunning blue-purple glow at 405nm and is used in spectroscopy, fluorescence, microscopy, and more!
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How do blue lasers work?

The blue laser is a device that emits a light beam in the wavelength range between 400 nm and 500 nm, visible as violet or blue to human eye. The light beam produced is temporally coherent and can be well-collimated, which allows it to have numerous applications in industry and science.
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What is the most powerful laser you can legally own?

Under federal law, it is perfectly legal to sell any laser above 5 mW as long as the laser complies with FDA/CDRH laser product requirements for labels, safety features, quality control, etc. AND as long as the laser is not promoted as a “laser pointer” or for pointing purposes.
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What can military grade lasers do?

Military lasers can be used to mark targets (particularly at night), guide missiles and other weapons to targets, and to estimate range to the target. Unfortunately, they also represent a risk to human eyesight.
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How powerful is a military laser?

Most military lasers tend to be in the 30 to 100 kilowatt range, which is mainly useful for shooting down small drones, so the new weapon is a significant increase.
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What laser can start a fire?

Briday Class 4 laser pointers are the perfect choices to used as a burning tool. In contrast to green or red laser pointers, blue laser beam is dim but more powerful to able get stuffs burned.
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What are green lasers?

Green laser light is generated from an infrared laser beam, which should be confined within the laser housing; however, more than 75% of the devices tested were found to emit infrared light in excess of the limit.
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What can a 5000 mW laser do?

Description. The “ODIN” 1.2W (1,200mW) – 5W (5,000mW) Keyswitch Blue Laser System produces a powerful beam of blue laser light at 445nm and is capable of popping balloons, lighting matches, and shining for more than 25 miles. Complete with accessories, this focus adjustable blue laser system is truly unique.
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Is there an orange laser?

Orange and yellow laser sources are applied e.g. for laser guide stars (sodium laser beacons) and in medical laser therapies (e.g. photocoagulation in ophthalmology). Orange or even yellow laser pointers are not common.
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Do green lasers burn?

Warnings. Never point the beam of a green laser pointer at the eyes or skin. The high-intensity beam can cause permanent damage to the eyes and can burn the skin.
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Can lasers shoot down nukes?

Though powerful, the system was more effective against smaller tactical ballistic missiles than ICBMs. Here's What You Need to Know: This program was the Air Force's version of Star Wars. Missile defense is really hard.
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What would a 1 megawatt laser do?

The device can generate a powerful 1 megawatt laser light and can fire 100 shots per second for nearly half an hour without overheating in a space environment, according to its developers.
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Can a laser destroy a missile?

While missiles destroy their targets instantaneously on impact, a laser must be focused on a target for a few seconds to destroy it, which may not be desirable for targets moving at thousands of kilometers per second.
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Can a laser pointer hit the moon?

The typical red laser pointer is about 5 milliwatts, and a good one has a tight enough beam to actually hit the Moon—though it'd be spread out over a large fraction of the surface when it got there. The atmosphere would distort the beam a bit, and absorb some of it, but most of the light would make it.
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Is pointing a laser in the sky illegal?

While pointing a laser at a helicopter or plane may seem harmless, the opposite is true. It's dangerous—both to those in the air and on the ground—and it's a federal crime.
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Why are green lasers illegal?

The primary culprit was overpowered units. The Code of Federal Regulations in the United States limits commercial class IIIa lasers to 5 milliwatts (mW). And yes, lasers above 5 mW are commercially available in the United States, but it is illegal to market them as Class IIIa devices.
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Are laser pens illegal?

Whilst owning a laser pen is not illegal if a person had one in the street and was using it (or intending to use it) to shine in people's eyes, at cars or aircraft etc. then they would be committing an offence and, in the case of cars and aircraft, a particularly serious offence.
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Are burning lasers real?

False Power Claims & Burning

To put it simply these are flat-out lies. There is no real regulation when it comes to product claims in China and that means that many will claim that the laser in question is incredibly high.
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How powerful are Blu-ray lasers?

This week, Sony launched the first commercial 400mW blue–violet laser diode for Blu-ray. The higher-power lasers can perform triple or even quadruple-layer recording at 8X-12X speeds, storing up to 128GB on a single disc.
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