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Re: Laser guided Tesla Coil

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Subject: Re: Laser guided Tesla Coil
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:42:53 -0700
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Original poster: scott <scottxs@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx

> Ergo, a low-power laser most probably won't work.
> Power available is ORDERS of magnitude below the
> required threshold for the effect you seek.

Yep, joules in nanosecond pulses or giga-watts can cause the air to
"snap" ionize in front of some pulsed Nd-Yag lasers

> Applied physics needs to be quantitative, not just conceptual.

Yes, but -

"I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning."
- Plato

Scott

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