Laser
light dissipates as it travels through the Earth’s atmosphere, but researchers
have found a way to encase it in a tube of surrounding laser light and extend
its range ten-fold, bringing the prospect of laser-facilitated rain- and
lightning-control a bit closer.
by John
Tyburski
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A new study described
in a recent issue of Nature Photonics offers the makings of a
brilliant science fiction story. Researchers at the University of Central
Florida’s (UCF) College of Optics & Photonics, along with colleagues at the
University of Arizona, have developed a way to increase the distance
high-energy laser light may travel in air by encasing the beam of light in
another beam that surrounds it like insulation around a wire… [Pending]
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