With Light We Break the Mold, With Light We Forge Ahead: The Fastest Laser Picosecond Laser

The pulse width (also known as pulse width) of picosecond lasers is typically between 1 picosecond (ps) and 1000 picoseconds (ps), which is one trillionth of a second to one hundred billionth of a second.

Picosecond lasers have extremely short pulse widths, meaning the energy is completely absorbed before it can be converted into heat. Its dominant effect becomes photomechanical (or "photomechanical breakdown"). This is somewhat like a shockwave, instantly shattering the target (such as melanin granules) into finer particles, causing less thermal damage to surrounding tissues.