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Quantum-Cascade Polychromatic Lasers

Posted by michael on from the tan-don't-burn dept.

eznihm writes: "This article describes a new laser, developed by Lucent and others, that emits a band of light and operates at room temperature. "The result: a beam of high intensity at every wavelength from 6 to 8 micrometers, in the so-called midinfrared range.""

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  1. Uh oh, someone find Gordon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    With this type of technology, pretty soon Lucent (Aka Black Mesa) is going to attempt some experiment that will cause a resonance cascade, then a cascade failure.

    Egads, someone find Gordon, and find him quick! I don't want to be a slave to some bigheaded multidimensonal being! (Bill Gates is bad enough)

  2. Sounds like Zippy by strredwolf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quantum-Cascade Polychromatic Lasers!
    Quantum-Cascade Polychromatic Lasers!
    Quantum-Cascade Polychromatic Lasers!
    Quantum-Cascade Polychromatic Lasers!

    (I took one look at that and thought Zippy. Oh boy. Excuse me while I fix a peanut butter and olive sandwich...)

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  3. Finally!! by woodix · · Score: 3, Funny
    I don't know about you guys, but I've been looking for a geek-friendly method of removing hair from my body and that IGEA thingy that does it one at a time just wasn't cutting it. Now I can just burn it all right off with a big nasty room temp laser. They should probably package it with a warning. Something like, "avoid using this device near mirrors." Can you imagine how stupid you'd feel if you ricocheted your hair burning beam off the bathroom mirror and vaporized your dog in the next room?


    And when you weren't burning hair off your body, you could use it to super heat your evil Science Teacher's house so that popcorn exploded out of it everywhere...and you wouldn't even need to hijack the computers on a nearby B-1 bomber!!


    Finally, my life can emulate Real Genius!! (thanks Cliff!)

  4. Re:Isn't this a contradiction? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    >LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

    LASER = Looking At Source Erases Retina.

  5. Works once per receipient. by chris_7d0h · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Here, let me try this new gizmo out by beaming these MP3s over to ya. Just line up your comp. right next to mine."

    [Star Trek phaser sound]

    "Wow! that was the fastest transfer I've ever seen!!! Sorry about the big hole in your computer though.."

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  6. Re:Lasers Make Poor Weapons! by DrSkwid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another scenario under serious consideration by police ... to .. temporarily blind the pilot during final night approaches.

    Pardon my ignorance of Canadian culture but why on earth would the police want to do that?

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  7. Re:Room temperature infared beams. Useful, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the news is that you can now control your TV, your VCR, your Sat Receiver and your toilet paper dispenser all with the same remote control!

  8. Re:What i did not get by Yarn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Having seen a terawatt laser I am hard to impress :P

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