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- From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
- Subject: Re: lasers/collimated light i
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.072835.7253@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:28:35 GMT
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- "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com> writes:
- >jlange@radian.uucp (John Lange) writes:
- >JL>In nightclubs I have recently seen light effects which apparently
- >JL>use bright red, green, and blue lasers which are modulated with
- >JL>mirrors (I think) to do interesting things like project color
- >JL>images on a wall. The red could be a simple He-Ne laser, but what
- >JL>about the green and the blue?
-
- I suspect you are seeing a xenon lamp fronted by a color wheel and
- mirror galvonometers, all computer controlled. These are now a common
- disco lighting gadget. The beam is collimated well enough that it looks
- like a laser beam, but it isn't. Look for leakage of white light from
- the unit.
-
- John Nagle
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