Is blue laser stronger than red?

Blue light lasers have a shorter wavelength compared to red lasers, allowing for stronger focus or resolution in very fine structures in imaging applications.
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What color laser is most powerful?

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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Is a blue laser more powerful?

Blue lasers are typically higher in power and are therefore better for burning use. Laser pointers that can focus the beam offer more beam control and can aid in burning ability.
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What are blue lasers good for?

Light of a shorter wavelength than 400 nm is classified as ultraviolet. Devices that employ blue laser light have applications in many areas ranging from optoelectronic data storage at high density to medical applications.
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What laser is most powerful?

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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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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Can a laser cut a human?

As you could have guessed, 'the effect that powerful lasers have on actual flesh varies both with the wavelength, or color, of the light and the duration of the pulses that they produce. ' But the real finding of these researchers is that lasers cut flesh by creating a series of overlapping micro-explosions.
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What can a blue laser cut?

Blue lasers can effectively process a wide range of materials, such as Titanium, Copper, or Gold, as well as other materials like wood or leather.
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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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Which is better blue laser or green laser?

The green has a visual hazard distance of 25.5 NM, while the exact same laser in blue has a visual hazard distance of only 4.8 NM. The green laser's visual hazard distance is 5.3 times the blue laser's.
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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 is the hottest laser?

The most powerful laser beam ever created has been recently fired at Osaka University in Japan, where the Laser for Fast Ignition Experiments (LFEX) has been boosted to produce a beam with a peak power of 2,000 trillion watts – two petawatts – for an incredibly short duration, approximately a trillionth of a second or ...
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What color laser is best for daytime?

The number one reason to use a green laser is daytime visibility. You will have a much easier time seeing a green laser in broad daylight than red. Green is close to the center of the visible light spectrum at about 532 Nanometers. Red is higher on the spectrum at 635 Nanometers.
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How long do Blu-ray lasers last?

If stored under ideal conditions CD/DVD/Blu Ray media will degrade to useless within about 50 years (and as digital media, its good until the moment it isn't, unlike film which degrades, but is still usable for a while).
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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 much does a blue laser cost?

Blue “Lightsaber” Laser Can Blind, Burn Flesh, and Costs Only $200.
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Can a laser crack glass?

If a laser's light intensity is so high that it's capable of ionizing the air, this highly-focused beam can cause glass to crack by superheating the air around it. This mimics the appearance and some of the effects of marked glass.
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Can laser cut the glass?

Lasers can cut glass of varying thickness to just about any shape. Quick, clean, accurate and adaptable, laser cutting is the preferred method for many businesses across a wide range of industries.
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Does blue laser work?

Blue light therapy is most commonly used to treat sun damage and premalignant or malignant skin cancer growths. It can actually be used to prevent skin cancer and remove both precancerous skin lesions and cancerous skin lesions that haven't spread to other areas of the body (or metastasized).
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Can a laser cook food?

Laser cooking is a software-controlled cooking technique that uses the heat from lasers to cook food products.
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Can laser cut bone?

Lasers can cut through bone with utmost accuracy and achieve highly complex incisions. As a result, bones knit more quickly after an operation and require less complex fixation techniques.
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How powerful is a petawatt laser?

Petawatt lasers are the most powerful on the planet, generating a million billion watts to produce some of the most extreme conditions seen on Earth.
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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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