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I'm assuming this means they deflected 50% of the laser light.
by lilyball 3y ago
I'm assuming this means they deflected 50% of the laser light.
- Jeff_Brown 3y agoHmm, that seems problematic -- wouldn't that change it from a laser to a smear?
- JohnFen 3y agoMaybe? This is absolutely not my field, but I was watching a documentary on the largest visible light telescope that has ever been made and they were talking about the routine they follow when cleaning the primary mirror. The guy running the place said that when the mirror gets dirty, it doesn't degrade the quality of the image, but reduces its brightness (and so sensitivity). Maybe this is a similar kind of thing?
- promiseofbeans 3y agoThe article claims that it doesn't hurt the quality of the beam, it just reduces the amount of light > ... In contrast, we’ve managed to deflect laser beams in a quality-preserving way without contact.