The First White Laser

IEEE Spectrum ^ | 27 Jul 2015 | Charles Q. Choi

[MHGinTN]

Or a missile.

[rikkir]

10-4 Got it.
Thank you.
Also for the next question I sent.
I appreciate your patience, and knowledge.

[uglybiker]

I want a laser that makes PEW! PEW! PEW! noises.

[Talisker]

I want a laser that makes PEW! PEW! PEW! noises.

How to make the laser blaster sound from Star Wars

[Talisker]

I rather suspect batteries will never cut it, but something like a high temperature superconductor ring looping a lot of current which can be siphoned off using induction could make this happen.

Been done.

[Nowhere Man]

Same here, you beat me to it (being racist). Well, somewhere, the noted New Black Panther Scientist, Shamballa L. Shabazz is working on the “Black Laser” that sucks out all light in a 100 yard radius. Reminds me of the old “Black Ray Gun” in the old TSR role playing game, “Gamma World,” where if a living being gets hit wit it, instant death.

[Nowhere Man]

Well, laser take a lot of power. I have an online friend who, back in the 1980s, made a combo “laser/taser” where the laser would ionize the air and the electricity would travel down the path. He zapped groundhogs unconscious with it and you only had a few shots when powered by a car battery. Unless you want to lug around a half dozen car batteries, portable lasers are a long way away.

[rikkir]

I have an online friend who, back in the 1980s, made a combo “laser/taser” where the laser would ionize the air and the electricity would travel down the path.

That’s very cool. I hope he’s still working on it.
Somebody mentioned “Looping Semi-Conductors” and “High Volume Fast Charging Capacitors” earlier. It might solve his problem.

[free_life]

Do you know of any existing laser like that?

[Talisker]

Do you know of any existing laser like that?

None that I can confirm or deny.