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Re: Lasers and High Voltage arc's
Subject: Re: Lasers and High Voltage arc's
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 17:21:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
"There is/was an experiment here where I work that used a laser to
fire a spark gap at a precise time. The laser was about 10 watts.
huffman"
Was the laser energy focussed on a spot? Also, was that
peak or average power? 10 watts focussed on a small spot would
be quite effective.
ed