By placing a thin film on top of a DVD (or any plastic CD shaped disc), and coating it with graphite oxide, you can literally print patterns of graphene using the laser in your DVD burner.

But it turned out the surface texture was a little too complex to laser etch into acrylic without making a soupy mess. He simplified it a bit, while trying to retain the overall effect.

A Laser Cutter, sometimes called a 3D laser cutter, Laser etcher, or laser prototyping machine, is not to be confused with a Laser Printer (the thing that spits out paper with ink on it) or a 3d ...

The annual global market for laser equipment is estimated at $60 billion ... High-power lasers cut, drill, solder, etch and weld most of today’s electronics and metal components, for example ...

This process results in the formation of intricate nanoscale features that enhance the powder's ability to absorb laser light ...