• Question: What would you do in terms of lasers with an unlimited amounts of money?

    Asked by jameskeywood123 to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 25 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      I would like to develop lasers powerful enough to probe other planets in the solar system. With slightly less money, I would develop new laser systems for some of the treatments we do here. I would make them so much better than the ones we can buy!

    • Photo: Tianfu Yao

      Tianfu Yao answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      If the financial support is unlimited, then I will try to research new material for laser generation and power scaling.

    • Photo: Philippa Bird

      Philippa Bird answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      Build a laser that can burrow down to the earth’s core so we can harness its power….

    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      There are too many worthwhile ways to improve the lasers and techniques that we currently that I think I might spend money on training people to work on them, because there’s no way that I’d be able to make a significant difference by myself.

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