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Are there any materials that produce phosphorescence when targeted with laser?
by ffhhj 6y ago
Are there any materials that produce phosphorescence when targeted with laser?
- WorldPeas 6y agoI believe manganese does naturally, but only with a UV laser: https://youtu.be/KdfHVcU8U7U?t=625 https://youtu.be/KdfHVcU8U7U?t=625 Artificially, one that works with probably most/all lasers would be an active phosphor display(I forget the specific cocktail it's composed of), like the kind from an oscilloscope
- laserphysicist_ 6y agoWell, phosphorescence or fluorescence are basically the same thing: light emission when going from an excited to non-excited state. Many, many materials exhibit some form of light emission when you shine a laser on them, provided that you shine with the right wavelength...