1. Laser surgery on a human eye
2. Sharpen kitchen knives
I ask out of curiosity because I recently got into lasers, and have been thinking about them a lot lately.
My grandfather had laser eye surgery, and I have a kitchen knife I know is laser sharpened.
Now I'm thinking, while I'm sure a tissue-cutting surgery laser would require quite a lot of power (compared to the 5-50mw pointers I'm used to), a laser would require an insane amount of power to peel / cut stainless steel.
Could someone enlighten me on this?
Regards,
Harald
2. Sharpen kitchen knives
I ask out of curiosity because I recently got into lasers, and have been thinking about them a lot lately.
My grandfather had laser eye surgery, and I have a kitchen knife I know is laser sharpened.
Now I'm thinking, while I'm sure a tissue-cutting surgery laser would require quite a lot of power (compared to the 5-50mw pointers I'm used to), a laser would require an insane amount of power to peel / cut stainless steel.
Could someone enlighten me on this?
Regards,
Harald