well I was just wondering...I was thinking of a
laser soldering 'iron',

I'd probably cut off my hand the way I solder though,
maybe I'll stick with just burning myself occasionally
LOL




----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Perri" <mperri@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ot]: laser question


> From this blurb, it looks like DARPA is trying to make a >100W fiber and
> eventually 100kW for "speed of light engagement."
>
> http://www.darpa.mil/tto/programs/hpfl.html
>
> Mark
>
>  >can you transmit laser energy through a fiber optic cable?
>  >If you have a laser that melts metal, can you channel this type of
>  >thing through a fiber optic cable and still melt the metal?
>
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