Quite correct. I misplaced the reference. Still, after only a single pulse, the drop was 40 W for a brighter bulb! No, it’s no panecia, like what does the lasing do to bulb life, but the amount of energy used to create the effect, compared to the cost of a CFB and it’s hazardous materials, is so trivial as to not even make it into background noise.
Can you imagine what can be accomplished with the entire filament treated this way? And the process can be added onto the end of any existing line!
I agree with you, it at least does appear very promising. I hope the additional testing they will do will show it doesn’t reduce the life or increase fragility of the filament, this would be great.
And it also would result in bulbs because they use less energy, less energy wasted as heat. So keep the old regular bulbs for the easy-bake oven, but use the new ones in your lights and waste less energy to heat, at the same time producing the same amount of light. Sounds good to me.