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|    ewugkg@gmail.com to Jeroen Belleman    |
|    Re: Intersecting Lasers    |
|    25 Sep 15 23:46:18    |
      On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:16:48 PM UTC+5:30, Jeroen Belleman wrote:       > On 2015-09-24 10:33, ewugkg@gmail.com wrote:       > > On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 5:47:54 PM UTC+5:30, Phil Hobbs       > > wrote:       > >>> What happens at the point of intersection of 2 lasers. If 2       > >>> lasers of different colour intersect, what will be happening at       > >>> the point of intersection? Won't colour mixing happen?? Won't       > >>> that point where the lasers intersect be of different colour? For       > >>> example if we use a green and a red laser then will not the       > >>> point of intersection be yellow, if we use red and blue will not       > >>> the point of intersection be magenta? The lasers are intersecting       > >>> just in air.       > >>       > >> In the absence of scattering, nothing happens whatsoever. The beams       > >> pass through each other without even noticing.       > >>       > >> If the air is dusty, the colours in the scattered light will mix in       > >> much the same way as with LEDs. This is a purely visual effect,       > >> though--you won't get additional wavelengths, because the       > >> scattering is linear.       > >>       > >> Cheers       > >>       > >> Phil Hobbs       > >       > > Please explain "as with LEDs"       > >       >       > This is homework, right?       >       > Show some initiative. Look up 'multi-color LEDs' or 'additive       > color mixing', or something like that.       >       > Jeroen Belleman              ------------------              No it is not homework, it is something of my own interest.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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