microlaser

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ laser.

Adjective

microlaser (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the use of lasers on very small scales.

   The surgeon used microlaser techniques to repair the damage.

Noun

microlaser (plural microlasers)

1. A microscopic laser, typically a few microns in size.
   • 1999, Michio Kaku, Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the Twenty-first Century, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288:

     In 1989, the first dramatic demonstration of a microlaser was successfully performed by scientists based primarily at Bell Labs; they were able to manufacture one million lasers on a tiny chip smaller than a fingernail.

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