Talk:Gamma-ray laser

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It has been proposed that beams of Gamma-rays could be produced by focussing ultra-high intensity visible laser pulses into matter, by virtue of QED effects within the plasma. See ^[1] and references therein. Would this theoretical development warrant a subsection in this article? Dtlloyd (talk) 14:37, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The referenced article is about using lasers to generate Gamma-rays. However, the gammas are not coherent and not collimated, so I don't think that really qualifies as a laser. I'm not really sure I feel that gamma-ray laser is a sensible term. Gammas are not defined by their frequency but by where they came from, a nuclear event. In general causing stimulated emissions from a nucleus is not really plausible and not likely to result in coherent emissions. The fact that a LaRouche newsletter is a prominent reference for this article doesn't make me put much weight in its veracity. Klaun (talk) 03:08, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hasn't the graser been long archieved in the shape of the FEL ? It doesnt use a conventional lasing medium, right, but it is widely believed to be the beam source of the future for anything that can't be satisfied by modern solid state lasers 87.184.201.53 (talk) 15:39, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

^ http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06328

Once again, this is an article about generating Gamma-rays with a free-electron laser. It is not about a gamma-ray laser. Also, it is a theoretical article as opposed to an experimental description of how the result has already been achieved. Practical gamma-ray lasers (or x-ray lasers) would revolutionize all sorts of fields. It would have effects on engineering on the level of semiconductors or plastics. --Klaun (talk) 01:40, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What would a gamma ray laser be good for?

Is this mainly a curiosity along the lines of "let's see what we can do once we can do it?" Or is there a usage case already envisioned? If so, what would such a usage case be? Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:22, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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