Essays on Light Page 4

Abstract: A laser is an optical device that emits coherent light (electromagnetic radiation). The term ‘laser’ is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Typically, lasers are thought of as emitting light in a narrow, low-divergence beam, with a narrow wavelength spectrum (‘monochromatic’ light). Lasers need not have either characteristic, however, it…

Compare and contrast the use of light and electron microscopes in biological studies. Microscopes are laboratory equipment which are used to observe any matter that is too small to be seen by the naked eye. There are several types of microscopes – the two most common being the optical microscope, also known as a light…