The white of his expansive tabletops in paintings like "The Table" and "The White Table Cloth" resembles an emission of light rather than a pigment, so the haphazardly strewn plates and baskets appear to be floating or suspended in space.

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The mirrors contain the light produced by the stimulated emission and thus amplify the signal.

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The laser light dims within seconds when the plastic comes into contact with even the tiniest emission of vapour.

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