[Laser] Re: A lot but very little

[glennt at charter.net]

Uhhh... why is coherence an issue? In nearly all laser, the beam becomes non-coherent within a fairly small number of cm after exiting to laser. 

Diffraction limited beams are another matter. They do not require coherence...

73 de Glenn wb6w

---- Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote: 

<snip>

> there is
> some very good info on the use of non-coherent energy vs coherent to do
> through atmospheric links. Indeed one of the most interesting papers was
> written right here in Florida, I will get the link for it.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --