
The Skeptics Guide #871 - Mar 19 2022
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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Plasma as a Lens for a Pedaa Class Lazer?
The energy density of such a beam is just way too high a for these types of lazers. Is no way tht that those components would survive using this classic scheme. The idea of using plasma as a lens has some really good things going for it. Plasma has a much, much higher energy density than than even the highest quality in glass lenses or solid state optics available. It creates kind of a bull's eye pattern which can be used to create lazer beams.
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