Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agoWe could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrorsmessage-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down15
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWe could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrorsPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24·24 days agoLasers are coherent, I think you need a lasing medium for that. You could focus the light into a single point, sure, but that’s not really a laser in the technical sense.
minus-squareDaisy (she/her)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoAlso, you can only get as hot as the photosphere due to the reversibility of light. We can get far hotter other ways, eg fusion plants.
minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoNot a point, but an area resembling a scaled image of the sun (if optimally focused).
Lasers are coherent, I think you need a lasing medium for that.
You could focus the light into a single point, sure, but that’s not really a laser in the technical sense.
Also, you can only get as hot as the photosphere due to the reversibility of light. We can get far hotter other ways, eg fusion plants.
Not a point, but an area resembling a scaled image of the sun (if optimally focused).