Laser light is collimated, meaning that it travels in parallel rays. Here’s a really cool experiment that will show you the difference between a non-collimated light, like from a flashlight and collimated light from a laser.


Ordinary light from a light bulb diverges as it travels. It spreads out and covers a larger and larger area the further out you go. A laser has little to no divergence, so we way that laser light is collimated.


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