Laser-pitting technology may yield more opportunities for advanced camouflage
Feb. 1, 2008
A pair of researchers from the University of Rochester have come up with a way to use ultrashort laser bursts to make nearly imperceptible pockmarks in metal surfaces that can change the metal's color by altering how the it absorbs and reflects light. Imagine what this could do for the military in terms of camouflage. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
A pair of researchers from the University of Rochester have come up with a way to use ultrashort laser bursts to make nearly imperceptible pockmarks in metal surfaces that can change the metal's color by altering how the it absorbs and reflects light. Imagine what this could do for the military in terms of camouflage. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
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