High Power Compact CO2 Laser?
The authors of the information at the following Web site: Super Laser Page claim to have invented a CO2 laser that (according to them) will be significantly smaller and lighter than conventional CO2 lasers of similar output power. They haven’t completed a prototype as yet (December, 1999) but the site links to a couple of patents. Of course, we all know what that means. 🙂 Like the respondent below, I haven’t studied the Web site or the referenced patents in detail but from what I have seen, there is more left out than included. And, it is in those details where viability will be determined. It’s real easy to propose bucket loads of new and improved laser designs. They’re a dime a dozen. 🙂 Making such systems work, and then taking them successfully to market, is real the challenge! (From: Anonymous (localnet1@yahoo.com).) I must admit that I did not have time to thoroughly look into your plans, but your approximations for weight and size are in error, by orders of magnitude. First you
