For convenience sake let’s say you have 2 identical lasers, one is blue and one is red. And you shine it on lead (so none of the light leaks through) until the lead doesn’t heat up anymore. Would the temperature change at all between the different color lasers. It doesn’t have to be red or blue, it could be microwave or x ray, just different colors is nessisary.

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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    6 months ago

    doesn’t have to be red or blue, it could be microwave or x ray

    Technically those wouldn’t be LASER (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.) but MASER or XASER.

    I’m probably the only asshole left that cares about this though.

    • geogle@lemmy.world
      11·
      6 months ago

      So where do you stand on infrared lasers? Light is already a junk term for the EM spectrum that we can see, otherwise holding no specific importance.

      • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Oh I have a question! Do all frequencies on the EM spectrum emit photons? Like, when gamma rays or X rays or microwaves hit something are photons bouncing off/being absorbed and we just can’t see them?