– Why does the light from a laser pointer look “grainy”? Like it is made up of a bunch of little dots?

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When I shine a laser pointer at something, the point looks like it is made of a bunch of tiny dots, how is the laser diode different from a normal LED?

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Light from a laser is coherent, which means that it is all one big wave. When it reflects off of a surface that is not perfectly smooth some spots will create reflections that interfere constructively with each other, creating points that are brighter

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