Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoWe could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrorsmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWe could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrorsPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months 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-up1·4 months 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-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months 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
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.
They actually do this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power