Lasers brighten light bulb’s future
JUN 09, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023410
ScienceNOW : Tired of dealing with those newfangled fluorescent and halogen bulbs that tend to blow out and can’t quite handle dimmer switches? You might just find solace from an old and trusted source: incandescent lights. A team of physicists has discovered a way to double the efficiency of these ordinary light bulbs. All it takes is a superfast laser blast to their filaments.
© 2009 American Institute of Physics
