*****
To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopyPost images on
http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting.
*****
See the article for the lightsaber visual and full text. And: remember
to not look at laser with remaining body parts.
https://www.photonics.com/a63177/YouTube_Phenom_Builds_Lasers_From_Spare_Parts\
... Combining the two scenarios that his fans want to see — blowing
things up and science — the YouTube sensation has built a 13-kJ ruby
laser cannon, similar to the first laser ever built, with a ruby crystal
surrounded by a lamp and reflector, and two special-coated mirrors for
optical amplification.
“I built this giant ruby laser recently, and it’s an extremely powerful
pulsed laser that can blow up a glass bottle,” Anthony said. “I could
source this ruby crystal, but I couldn’t just use regular mirrors on it
because they would vaporize in that extreme intense field. ...
Locked
