Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Can lasers be deflected electroMAGNETically?
Message-ID: <1989Dec29.211335.2414@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <6220004@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 89 21:13:35 GMT

In article <6220004@hpcupt1.HP.COM> dclaar@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Doug Claar) writes:
>... Why can't I deflect my laser electromagnetically, and not
>electromechanically...

Because light is essentially completely unaffected by electromagnetic fields
of any normal intensity.  CRTs are dealing with electrons, which are a very
different story.
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