Monday, February 18, 1980
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Laser called impractical
Staff Reporter
By DON MUNDAY
The United States and the Soviet Union are developing lasers for military purposes, but according to a KU physician who specializes in the actuality of such research is questionable.
"Outside of communication, the military applications seem fairly impractical," Jack Culvainus, professor of physics and astronomy, said last week. "There are so many ordinary airplanes delivering a weapon, I am skeptical about the practicality of such weapons."
Although the "death-ray" of science fiction glory would seem to have military potential, conventional artillery would serve just as well, he said.
"I just don't see the particular advantage of using lasers as weapons," he said. "Why not use normal projectiles?"
HOWEVER, a U.S. Defense Department
"Directed Energy Programs" report from the Air Force, particularly the Air Force, had been experimenting with lasers to defend shields, aircraft, ground targets and tailfires.
one megawatt equals one million watts of electrical energy, and theoretically, a five-megawatt laser has the potential to project up to several thousand miles away.
Also, an unconfirmed report indicated that the Air Force intended to test a five-mawgat laser this year, which was used to defend bombers from attack.
Several problems would hinder the usefulness of such a weapon, Culvahouse said.
"Power figures can be misleading," he said. "In a laser, a great amount of energy
may be created, but it may only exist for a tiny fraction of a second."
A PRACTICAL WEAPON might thus have to generate a continuous stream of power to be effective, he said.
Widening the beam's diameter over long distances also is a problem, he said.
If a beam was one centimeter wide when it left the laser, Culvahouse said, it would spread to nearly two meters in width after 100 miles of travel.
"Energy of quite a few wattles can be concentrated into a small area," he said. "However, the greater the distance, the wider the beam will become."
Cultivable sheds lasers had more practical applications in many other fields. We have trained in eye surgery for several years, and work is continually being done to achieve fusion, a technique that uses lasers to combine light.
KU students who think staying in school indefinitely looks more appealing than graduating will have to finance their prolonged educations through means other than federal financial aid, according to Jeff Wenberg, associate director of financial aid.
Federal financial aid can stop when students reach loan limits
Weinberg said that the KU financial aid system had limits on the amount of money a student could receive during his lifetime.
The only type of financial aid that does not have a ceiling on it is the work-study program, he said.
The present limit for the National Direct Student Loan is $5,900 for undergraduate. The student loan for Guaranteed Student Loans is $7,500 for undergraduates and $13,000 for graduate students.
"These limits don't affect that many students," Weinberg said. "But those
they are seniors that they are not going to graduate. By then they may have up all their financial aid," he said.
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