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Guide to types of laser

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posted on 2025-05-09, 08:56 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge

A science humour cartoon classifying lasers into three types using a mix of accurate and absurd examples. The "incoherent rambling laser" humorously anthropomorphises a laser as a rambling storyteller.

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2016-12-08

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Three types of laser illustrated, ending with an incoherent one telling a nonsense story

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A guide to types of laser Coherent laser Low coherence laser Incoherent rambling laser Incoherent laser text: I could glow but did I tell you about the time that... and there were 3 of them! which barely have the radiation of a banana.

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    lasercoherencephysicsCartoons and comicsCartoonComicHumorErrantScience

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