Why does light not produce sound? We have heard about the definition of a wave - disturbance in the matter or something. But can we think that light is a wave and so does it have vibrations (oscillations). Does it produce sound then? I am not talking about our audible range and consider it in our atmosphere only(material medium).
 A: Sound is a vibration in a physical medium. Specifically a pressure wave in the molecules of matter.
Light is a vibration in the Electromagnetic Field, which manifests as discrete photons each possessing a specific frequency, and moving at a constant speed.
Sound does not, except very indirectly, make light.
Light does not, except very indirectly, make sound.
The two things are about as different as can be, despite both bearing similar tags of "vibration" and "wave" and "energy carrier".
A: Certainly the atoms and molecules in objects around us are vibrating on a microscopic level and at their surfaces, those vibrations would induce vibrations in the air.  But we don't hear anything because the amplitudes are so small.  Thus they don't travel very far away from the surface.
These atoms and molecules are vibrating because all objects around us are at a temperature much higher than zero Kelvin.  They are at these temperatures because heat is transferred to them from the air surrounding them by conduction and convection.
IR photons can excite vibration modes as well in certain materials - IR photons of the correct frequency will be absorbed by objects. So IR photons can excite vibration modes in solids.  These again, would probably induce tiny motions in the air molecules directly at the surface of an object.
This is the only way I can think of where photons can indirectly produce a sound.  They don't produce sound on their own because they don't have a physical medium that they create vibrations in - that is why they can travel in vacuum.
A: High power laser radiation can cause electric breakdown in the air, the breakdown produces sound. See, e.g., Applied Acoustics 65 (2004) 325–340.
Their abstract:
"When a high-power laser beam is focused at a point, the air at the focal point is heated to temperatures of thousands of degrees within several nanoseconds and breaks down. This generates a spark that, in turn, is accompanied by an acoustic shock wave. The acoustic shock waves generated by focussing the beam from a pulsed laser with a 1064 nm wavelength and a power of 800 mJ per pulse have been measured using 1/4″ and 1/8″ B&K microphones. Nonlinear sound levels are observed up to 1.5 m from the laser-induced sparks. Beyond a certain region close to the source, levels are found to decrease in a manner consistent with spherical spreading plus nonlinear hydrodynamic losses. Analysis of the waveforms shows that the acoustic pulses associated with the laser-induced sparks are more repeatable and have higher intensity than those from an electrical spark source. Laser-generated acoustic shock waves are ideal for simulating a blast wave or a sonic boom in the laboratory and for studying the associated propagation effects. To illustrate this application, the propagation of the laser generated shock waves over a series of different hard, rough surfaces has been investigated. The results show the distinctive influences of ground roughness on the propagation of the shock wave."
