From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Fri Jun 04 1999 - 20:40:49 MDT
Raymond G. Van De Walker writes:
> What's he gonna use for power? Most lasers are less than 1% efficient,
> especially short-wave lasers.
The portable version is supposed to be based on a recently developed
laser diode. You'd only a very short pulse to create the ionized
channel, afterwards it should be self-sustaining for the duration of
the discharge.
Vehicle mount applications could use harmonic generation, since power
is not a problem.
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