Laser Beams Deflected Off of Nothing but Air for First Time Ever in Breakthrough Patent Pending Process - The Debrief::An international team of scientists report that they have successfully used acoustics to deflect laser beams in an engineering first.

  • onlinepersona
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    1 year ago

    I mean, that’s a 20GW laser, what about those handheld lasers? Would you still need 140db?

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      It would happen regardless of the power of the laser, but it would likely be undetectable at significantly lower power.