Because the human eye is at least 20 times more sensitive to green than red

Because the human eye is at least 20 times more sensitive to green than red, green lasers appear much brighter than traditional red lasers with the same power output. Approximately 100,000 green lasers were sold in the United States in 2004 -- double that of the previous year. According to John...

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