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28 Jul 2024 16:21:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 3D Glass Sintering  
From: Samuel Benge
Date: 14 Nov 2013 15:25:01
Message: <web.528530934f86b267942c68130@news.povray.org>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 14.11.2013 19:23, schrieb Samuel Benge:
> > "Anthony D. Baye" <Sha### [at] spamnomorehotmailcom> wrote:
> >> if you could use the light to drive an actual laser, it might be even more
> >> efficient.
> >
> > Has anyone ever converted direct sunlight into a laser? Or by "laser," do you
> > actually just mean "parallel light beam?"
>
> Lasing media are typically pumped (i.e. supplied with energy to emit
> actual laser light) by some kind of conventional light source - so why
> not sunlight?

Never said it wasn't possible; I was just wondering it anyone had actually made
it work :\ Also, why would laser light be better than simply using parallel
rays?


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