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Freshman physics was too long ago. Are there wavelength effects on how the mirror reflects, or is there thermal or shock limitations from the impact of the pho
by jleyank 4y ago
Freshman physics was too long ago. Are there wavelength effects on how the mirror reflects, or is there thermal or shock limitations from the impact of the photon stream? As I recall, clouds of small particulates (phosphorus smoke?) screw up lower-power lasers but it's possible it can blow/burn a hole through at higher E?
Remember, photons have momentum proportional to frequency. So a whole lot of them at higher frequency might blow a "protected drone" away by force not by optics?