Re: RETRO MIRROR SCHEMES

[Brian Mansur <bmansur@oc.edu>]

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From: T.L.G.vanderLinden
To: KellySt; kgstar; stevev; jim; zkulpa; hous0042; rddesign; David; 
lparker; bmansur
Subject: Re: RETRO MIRROR SCHEMES
Date: Friday, March 08, 1996 11:59PM

To Brian

>>Tim
>>How would you transfer the solar energy to nice laser beams? I haven't the
>>faintest idea how that could be done directly.
>
>Brian
>Sunlight already IS a laser beam.  Its only very a diffuse one.

>Hmm, what do you call a laser beam? I think most people think of a
>monochromatic parallel beam of light, the Sun doesn't have either of these
>qualities.
>But without discussing the properties of a laser, let me rephrase my 
question:
>How are you going turn Sunlight into a parallel beam of near chromatic 
light.
>(with "near chromatic" I mean a small waveband, since directing all
>wavelengths to the Asimov will certainly mean that it ionizes instantly. 
The
>latter happens because it isn't possible to reflect all wavelenghts, so the
>ones that hit the Asimov wil ionize it.)

>P.S. Now it seems we have such an aparatus, seen the reply to Lee (same
>subject)

Brian
Message(s) received and acknowledged.  You guy's are right.  Can someone get 
more data on that aparatus?  A paper title and number perhaps?