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YouTube Phenom Builds Lasers From Spare Parts

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AUTUM C. PYLANT, NEWS EDITOR, [email protected]

Drake Anthony calls himself a professional mad scientist on YouTube. That’s because … well … he sort of is. Anthony has built his own lasers since he was 12, when he first took apart a green laser pointer, modified it and made it stronger. Today, viewers of his styropyro YouTube channel can see a number of his laser building exploits. Drake Anthony and his real burning homemade lightsaber. Courtesy of Styropyro. Combining the two scenarios that his fans want to see — blowing things up and science — the YouTube sensation has built a 13-kJ...Read full article

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    The optically pumped, solid-state laser that uses sapphire as the host lattice and chromium as the active ion. The emission takes place in the red portion of the spectrum.
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