Lasers can produce explosions under specific conditions, particularly in applications like inertial confinement fusion, where high-energy laser beams induce thermonuclear reactions in deuterium and tritium pellets. The concept of using lasers to create explosions is grounded in the physics of high energy density and the ability to vaporize materials rapidly, leading to explosive reactions. Research into pulsed laser projectiles demonstrates that lasers can generate plasma and subsequent explosions, although typical low-power lasers, such as pocket laser pointers, do not possess this capability. High-power lasers, like the 30W models used in industrial applications, can cause significant thermal effects but are not efficient for explosive outcomes.
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Laser resurfacing uses a laser to send out brief pulses of high-energy light that are absorbed by water and substances in the skin called chromophores. The light is changed into heat energy, and the heat then destroys (vaporizes) thin sections of skin, layer by layer.
If you think about typical movies scenes: For those explosions, you usually need some explosives in the target (hydrocarbons can be fine, too) - if you can heat that with lasers, it might explode.promeus said:Please read this carefully before answering,in fiction lasers are quite common and they seem to have the property to produce explosions.