Regarding the military laser China used affecting two servicemen. Do we know what wavelength and frequency this Mortuary laser was using?

Erin Nelson — Sat, 05 May 2018 16:00:19 -0400

I don't know if anyone in our military is familiar with the concept or not. We can use coherent perfect absorbers, and utilization as an antilazer. It works as a laser in reverse. By absorbing photonic light well at the same time and doing so disrupting photonic activity at the source point of the laser.

Response by Sgt Wayne Wood made May 5 at 2018 4:04 PM

Sgt Wayne Wood — Sat, 05 May 2018 16:04:39 -0400

At what incident angle(s)?

Response by TSgt David L. made May 5 at 2018 4:15 PM

TSgt David L. — Sat, 05 May 2018 16:15:10 -0400

WAY over my head, Erin Nelson. LOL Nice to see you back on here though.

Response by Erin Nelson made May 5 at 2018 4:15 PM

Erin Nelson — Sat, 05 May 2018 16:15:52 -0400

http://scienceprimer.com/snells-law-refraction-calculator

Snell's Law - Refraction Calculator | Science Primer

There is no critical angle when the refractive index of the medium containing the incident ray is less than the medium with the transmitted ray.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 1:54 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 01:54:19 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzler_(weapon)

I hadn't heard of that whole story till reading what you'd sent in...I saw numerous articles relating to what you'd referred to, then found this Wikipedia page, which is, I gather, what you're referring to, I assume....

Dazzler (weapon) - Wikipedia

A dazzler is a non-lethal weapon which uses intense directed radiation to temporarily disable its target with flash blindness. Targets can include sensors or human vision.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 1:57 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 01:57:43 -0400

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherent_perfect_absorber

I then found this, which seems to be further what you're referring to, I gather....

Coherent perfect absorber - Wikipedia

A coherent perfect absorber (CPA), or anti-laser, is a device which absorbs coherent light and converts it to some form of internal energy such as heat or electrical energy.[1][2] It is the time reversed counterpart of a laser.[3] The concept was first published in the July 26, 2010, issue of Physical Review Letters, by a team at Yale University led by theorist Douglas Stone [4][5] In the September 9, 2010, issue of Physical Review A, Stefano...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:00 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:00:59 -0400

I did note that the last Wikipedia page did !mention applications in I'd gather interventional radiology of coherent perfect absorbers (CPAs), which I did certainly find of interest....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:16 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:16:56 -0400

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=%22coherent+perfect+absorber%22&btnG=

I found these, thought they might be useful....

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:23 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:23:13 -0400

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?newsearch=true&queryText=.QT.coherent%20perfect%20absorber.QT.

Same with these....

IEEE Xplore Search Results

IEEE Xplore. Delivering full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in engineering and technology.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:27 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:27:46 -0400

http://spie.org/app/search/browse?Dy=1&Nty=1&Nrpp=20&Ntt=%22coherent+perfect+absorbers%22

I then found these....

browse

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:30 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:30:11 -0400

https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.02004

This struck me as interesting....

[1708.02004] Coherent perfect absorber and laser in purely imaginary conjugate metamaterials

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:35 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:35:31 -0400

http://www.afcea.org

You might find their material of comparable use if you've never seen it at all....

www.afcea.org

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:35 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:35:51 -0400

http://www.crows.org

And theirs....

www.crows.org

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:36 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:36:29 -0400

http://www.amsus.org

You might find their material on aerospace !ed of possible value....

Home - AMSUS | The Society of Federal Health Professionals

AMSUS advances knowledge of federal healthcare & increases effectiveness of members. It represents military, federal healthcare professionals and the VA.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 2:40 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:40:59 -0400

http://www.aao.org

Heyll have extensive material on ophthalmic aspects of lasers worth perusing, I'd expect....

www.aao.org

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 7:52 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 19:52:30 -0400

https://sourceforge.net/directory/?q=optical+laser+scattering

I think you'll also find these useful....

optical laser scattering free download - SourceForge

optical laser scattering free download. GSvit Fast FDTD solver with graphics card support. Optimized for nanoscale optics - scanning near...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 7:57 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 19:57:17 -0400

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=0&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallany&Ntt=laser+scatter+or+scattering

I think you'll see NASA has done a whole slew of stuff on this....

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Search: [All]laser scatter or scattering

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 8:02 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 20:02:30 -0400

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C21&q=numerical+modeling+temporary+laser+light+blindness+ophthalmology&btnG=

You might also care to try researching the matter from this tack....

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 8:04 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 20:04:53 -0400

As I'd said, a simple consideration of Snell's law, as well as angle of incidence, will only begin to scratch the surface of a topic as complex as the one you raised...I'll suggest mere in a cpl of minutes, however, trust me, while I can appreciate the tech iCal complexity of the problem, I can, simultaneously, envision just how complex trying to model it properly would be, I assure you....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 6 at 2018 8:06 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 06 May 2018 20:06:23 -0400

COMSOL Multiphysics https://g.co/kgs/2jF9Yb

To do what you're suggesting would require commercial or open source software of at least the order of complexity shown Jere, I assure you...

COMSOL Multiphysics - Google Search