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General Is this Reflec?

What's the current take on this, reflection, distribution, and/or absorption?

Does the laser have a kinetic impact?

Is it heat that's radiated away?

Does it depend on frequencies?

If it's the classic polished mirror trope, why not.
 
What's the current take on this, reflection, distribution, and/or absorption?

Does the laser have a kinetic impact?

Is it heat that's radiated away?

Does it depend on frequencies?

If it's the classic polished mirror trope, why not.
I actually dug into this.

I expect the original source did exactly intend to reflect like a mirror.

Problem is lasers come in many wavelengths and a visual light reflecting medium isn’t going to work against IR or UV.

This came up while I was researching what laser eye protection goggles should be like.

I suppose you could design multi wavelength reflec but I’d expect if the surface layer was hit with differing wavelengths it wasn’t suited for that it would eventually ablat away.

That’s why I have complete helmet coverage with internal display for laser plus tech levels, and treat reflec as more a super heat insulation material.

Side effect, all firefighters are reflec equipped.
 
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