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Re: RETRO MIRROR SCHEMES
- To: bmansur <bmansur@oc.edu>, David <David@InterWorld.com>, hous0042 <hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu>, jim <jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu>, KellySt <KellySt@aol.com>, kgstar <kgstar@most.magec.com>, lparker <lparker@destin.gulfnet.com>, rddesign <rddesign@wolfenet.com>, stevev <stevev@efn.org>, "T.L.G.vanderLinden" <T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl>
- To: zkulpa <zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl>
- Subject: Re: RETRO MIRROR SCHEMES
- From: Brian Mansur <bmansur@oc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 09 Mar 96 16:15:00 PST
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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?