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Lasers

    No great Pink Floyd show is complete without lasers. For many people they can be the highlight of a show, with many colors and patterns it becomes a brilliant source of entertainment.

How Lasers Work

    "Laser" is an acronym for " light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". Lasers are created when the electrons in a material are absorb energy from an electrical current and become "excited". These excited electrons move from a lower-energy orbit to a higher-energy orbit around the atom's nucleus. Returning to ground state causes the electrons to emit particles of light.

laser diagram
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