Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to It wouldn't work Larry.

Actually...

The Island cooperated with the observatories and uses primarily Na vapor lamps for outdoor lighting, and good upward shielding- I thought about having my glasses coated to reject 589nm (sodium D2 transition wavelength), but I wouldnt see streetlights at night. The observatories filter out the sodium light...

BTW my laser is not solid state- it is a dye laser- it is essentially 9 lasers that work together to produce 20 W at 589 nm- 6 high power frequency doubled YAGs pumping 3 ethanol/dye cells. We recently got funding to develop/buy a solid state sodium laser to put on Keck 1.

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