{"id":4480,"date":"2013-08-22T08:09:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T08:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clpu.es\/divulgacion\/que-es-un-laser\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:45:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T11:45:25","slug":"que-es-un-laser","status":"publish","type":"divulgacion","link":"https:\/\/www.clpu.es\/en\/divulgacion\/que-es-un-laser\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un l\u00e1ser?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La palabra l\u00e1ser es un acr\u00f3nimo que significa <em>Light Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation<\/em> (Luz amplificada por emisi\u00f3n estimulada de radiaci\u00f3n). Un l\u00e1ser es basicamente una fuente de luz. Lo que diferencia a un l\u00e1ser de otras fuentes de luz, como las bombillas, es el mecanismo f\u00edsico por el que se produce la emisi\u00f3n de luz, que se basa en la emisi\u00f3n estimulada, en contra de la emisi\u00f3n espont\u00e1nea que es la responsable de la mayor parte de la luz que vemos. Para entender lo que es la <span style=\"color: #ac0a16;\">emisi\u00f3n espont\u00e1nea<\/span> y la <span style=\"color: #ac0a16;\">emisi\u00f3n estimulada<\/span> hay que conocer un poco la f\u00edsica de la interaci\u00f3n de \u00e1tomos con fotones. Tan solo diremos aqu\u00ed que este particular mecanismo de emisi\u00f3n confiere a la luz unas propiedades muy interesantes, como son la alta potencia (y su capacidad para ser amplificada), la direccionalidad (emsi\u00f3n en forma de &#8220;rayos&#8221;), la frecuencia de emisi\u00f3n bien definida (color de la luz), la capacidad de emitirse en pulsos de muy corta duraci\u00f3n, y una propiedad llamada coherencia que significa que las onda electromagn\u00e9ticas que forma el haz de luz marchan &#8220;al paso&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4478 aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/www.clpu.es\/src\/uploads\/2013\/08\/laser-a52.png\" alt=\"l\u00e1ser\" width=\"552\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clpu.es\/src\/uploads\/2013\/08\/laser-a52.png 552w, https:\/\/www.clpu.es\/src\/uploads\/2013\/08\/laser-a52-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>La luz l\u00e1ser es coherente mientras que la luz convencional es incoherente.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-4480","divulgacion","type-divulgacion","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un l\u00e1ser? - CLPU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clpu.es\/divulgacion\/que-es-un-laser\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un l\u00e1ser? - CLPU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La palabra l\u00e1ser es un acr\u00f3nimo que significa Light Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Luz amplificada por emisi\u00f3n estimulada de radiaci\u00f3n). 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