willz616 t1_j0twyag wrote on December 19, 2022 at 11:36 AM Reply to comment by kepler1 in How do X-rays “compress” a nuclear fusion pellet? by i_owe_them13 There is a process that often gets used in handheld lasers called second harmonic generation (or frequency doubling) it's basically black magic though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-harmonic_generation Permalink Parent 8
willz616 t1_j0twyag wrote
Reply to comment by kepler1 in How do X-rays “compress” a nuclear fusion pellet? by i_owe_them13
There is a process that often gets used in handheld lasers called second harmonic generation (or frequency doubling) it's basically black magic though.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-harmonic_generation