A system and method for reducing peak power of a laser pulse and reducing speckle contrast of a single pulse comprises a plurality of elements oriented to split and delay a pulse or pulses transmitted from a light emitting device. The design provides the ability to divide the pulse into multiple pulses...http://www.google.ca/patents/US7449673?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7449673 - Peak power and speckle contrast reduction for a single layer pulse