Please show all your work and clearly explain your answer What does the Irradiance of a continuous-wave laser look like in time?
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Irradiance is the power per unit area of a beam of light. In the case of a continuous-wave laser, the irradiance is constant over time, as the laser emits a steady stream of photons. Show more…
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