| ▲ | mohaine 2 hours ago | |
Pretty sure phased array LASERs are not yet a thing. | ||
| ▲ | buildbot an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
I was not sure, but they are! https://cga.anu.edu.au/research/activities/laser-beam-steeri... https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/excalibur I guess in some ways even the fancy multi diode fiber lasers are phased arrays, just with the single goal of higher output power. | ||
| ▲ | aidenn0 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Lasers are coherent emitters; you can definitely make interference patterns with them, so I don't see why LASER MIMO wouldn't be possible, in theory. | ||
| ▲ | eqvinox an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Yeah but this is research, if they're to come up somewhere, where else would it be? | ||