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At its core, a CO2 fractional laser machine is an ablative laser system that emits light at a wavelength of 10.6μm (10,600nm)—a spectrum that is strongly absorbed by water molecules within biological tissue. According to optical physics research published in the biomedical literature, the 10.6μm wavelength of the CO2 laser is strongly absorbed by water (with an absorption coefficient of α = 250–700 cm⁻¹), and since living tissue is approximately 80% water, this photon energy is readily absorbed and converted into thermal energy, leading to precise tissue vaporization.