Comment on Does color change how hot a laser can get something?
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoYou’re telling me only visible light counts as light to lasers?
Comment on Does color change how hot a laser can get something?
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoYou’re telling me only visible light counts as light to lasers?
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 6 months ago
Yes, light is usually defined as the part of the EM spectrum the (human) eye is capable of perceiving..
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
explains all the CO2 infrared lasers out there.
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 6 months ago
The EM waves of near spectra, UV and IR, are commonly often referred to as ‘light’ as well. Wikipedia even states:
Which fits to my perception of physicists, where in astronomy every element starting at Lithium is referred to as ‘metal’.