Ultraviolet laser ifite ibiranga imikorere myiza yibanda, uburebure bwumurongo muto, ingufu za fotone nyinshi hamwe no gutunganya imbeho, kandi irashobora gukurura imiterere yihariye ya fotokome.Ibiranga bituma bikoreshwa cyane mububiko bwa optique, gusesengura ibintu, kugenzura disiki ya optique, reaction ya Photochemiki, gutahura ikirere, ibinyabuzima, ubuvuzi nubushakashatsi bwa siyansi.