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Pretty sure phased array LASERs are not yet a thing.

• eqvinox 7mo ago
  Yeah but this is research, if they're to come up somewhere, where else would it be?
• aidenn0 7mo ago
  Lasers are coherent emitters; you can definitely make interference patterns with them, so I don't see why LASER MIMO wouldn't be possible, in theory.
• buildbot 7mo ago
  I was not sure, but they are! https://cga.anu.edu.au/research/activities/laser-beam-steering-subsystem-optical-phased-array https://cga.anu.edu.au/research/activities/laser-beam-steeri... https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/excalibur https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/excalibur I guess in some ways even the fancy multi diode fiber lasers are phased arrays, just with the single goal of higher output power.
  • axus 7mo ago
    Looks like these are in early development and nowhere near ready like this test was.