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As a versatile source of pure energy in a highly concentrated form, laser has emerged as an attractive tool and research instrument with potential for applications in an extraordinary variety of research and industrial fields. In some applications, such as atomic fusion and isotope separation, the laser power is very important. In other applications, the main reason for using laser lies in its monochromaticity and coherence (pollution detection, length/velocity measurement, interferometry, etc.), low divergence (laser show, pointer, audio-video player), or a combination of all of them (communication, holography, metrology).
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Stafe, M., Marcu, A., Puscas, N.N. (2014). Conclusion. In: Pulsed Laser Ablation of Solids. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40978-3_7
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