On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

*>> -----Original Message-----
*>> From: Kyrre Aalerud [SMTP:kreature@C2I.NET]
*>> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:41 PM
*>> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
*>> Subject:      Re: [ot]: laser question
*>>
*>> They don't use that thin cable for such applications, but the point is
*>> that
*>> as long as there is little loss, power density doesn't matter.
*>>
*>>     KreAture
*>>
*>With that kind of power density even miniscule losses would melt the fibre.

It's not the losses I think. Light is electro-magnetic radiation as in
volts and amps. I think that the dielectric strength etc of the material
is too low to pass that power density. The only material you could abuse
like that is hard vacuum.

Peter

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