Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agoWe could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrorsmessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down15
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWe could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrorsPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26·11 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-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 days agoNot a point, but an area resembling a scaled image of the sun (if optimally focused).
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days ago You could focus the light into a single point, sure, but that’s not really a laser in the technical sense. They actually do this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power
minus-squareDaisy (she/her)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 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.
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.
Not a point, but an area resembling a scaled image of the sun (if optimally focused).
They actually do this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power
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.