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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