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Re:Homemade Q-Switch for Solid State Lasers by abdullahkhalids on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @12:04PM (#25048177)
What sort of particle accelerator are you talking about? Which particle, what energy?
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Re:Homemade Q-Switch for Solid State Lasers by 01100011 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @02:08PM (#25050059)
I'm be happy to move some electrons above the nuclear binding energy(~6MeV). Not sure about specifics, but picojoule laser driven particle accelerators can generate MeV+ energies in some very small spaces.
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