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Continuous Wave Laser
Continuous Wave (CW), also Continuous Waveform, refers to a continuous, temporally constant laser radiation within the laser range. The opposite is a pulsed laser.
A CW laser has no power intensity peaks. Only CW lasers are allowed to be used for show applications.
