Laser
Short for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, a laser is an intense beam of light
first developed by Physicist Theodore Maiman May 16,
1960. In the picture to the right, is an
example of what the blue laser looks like inside a Blu-ray disc player. Today,
there are dozens of different uses of lasers, below are just a few examples of
where lasers are used in computers.
- Bar code readers
- CD-ROM, DVD, Blu-ray, and other disc drives
- CD / DVD disc writers
- Laser mouse
- Laser printers
Also see: Blu-ray, CD-ROM, Laser mouse, Laser printer