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Article #4576Re: a question on powerful lasers
From: Andrew H. Bond
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 08:30
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 08:30
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TAB books has a book called _Lasers, Phasers, and Ion Rays_ or something like that. In the book they describe how to construct a CO2 gas laser. For any kind of power use the only type of laser that is of any *practical* use is the CO2 laser. The experimental Air Force laser that is mounted in a cargo plane is a CO2 laser, Output power is about 400kw. The only problem w/these lasers is that they are big, clunky are require extensive cooling, CO2 tanks, valves, huge power supply etc. If you have access to lots of surplus gear of this nature, it could be a very fun project. If not, it could be *very* expensive.--ahb -- andrew h bond, rvgs
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!caen!uvaarpa!vdoe386!rvgs!abond From: abond@rvgs.vak12ed.edu (Andrew H. Bond) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: a question on powerful lasers Message-ID: <1992Nov10.083046.9417@rvgs.vak12ed.edu> Date: 10 Nov 92 08:30:46 GMT Article-I.D.: rvgs.1992Nov10.083046.9417 References: <1992Nov9.132842.17252@husc3.harvard.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Roanoke) Lines: 13