I nā makahiki he 10 i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokomo mālie ʻia ka ʻenehana laser i ka ʻāpana hana o nā ʻoihana like ʻole a lilo i mea kaulana loa. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ke kahakaha ʻana o ka laser, ka ʻoki ʻana i ka laser, ka welding laser, ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka laser, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe laser a me nā ʻenehana laser ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka hana metala, hoʻolaha, mea pāʻani, lāʻau lapaʻau, kaʻa, nā mea kūʻai uila, kamaʻilio, hana moku, aerospace a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe.