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Lasers emit a narrow spectrum

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It emits a very narrow range of frequencies (small linewidth), which for many purposes can be considered a single frequency.
It does however have a small range of frequencies. The smaller the range, the better the laser quality.
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Lasers emit a narrow spectrum
electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/477264/spectrum-of-leds claims cheap LEDs have 20 nm width at 50% from peak, and cheap lasers can be 1 nm or much less

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