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Anything related to optics applied to electronics. Optics is a branch of physics studying the properties of light and its interactions with physical media.

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Why does an optical drive use laser light?

Nowadays, lasers are cheap, but back in the day when CDs were first introduced, they were expensive. What is the reason for using a laser instead of a normal light source in optical drives?
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