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Quantum-Cascade Polychromatic Lasers

Posted by michael on Saturday February 23, 2002 @07:59AM 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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Re:High bandwidth lasers by Yarn · 2002-02-23 12:00 · Score: 3, Insightful

For the curious: My notes from introductory course on lasers

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Re:So what you're saying is... by cwebster · 2002-02-23 18:30 · Score: 2, Insightful

lightsabers of either side do not make use of lasers. Every try to tune coherent light to de-cohere at a point a couple feet away, giving the appearance of a sword? not easy, and somewhere i believe it is mentioned that the sabers are comprised of plasma or something equally non-laser.