Timeline for answer to What would a standing wave of light look like? by Dale

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Dec 23, 2022 at 20:30	comment	added	Dale		I am not going to encourage people to stick their head in a laser cavity nor write the answer to assume that they might stick their head in a laser cavity. At no point did I imply or state that it is because the Poynting vector is zero.
Dec 23, 2022 at 18:40	comment	added	jensen paull		Why would standing waves not look like anything? Although they are not travelling, there is still an osscilating poynting vector that is non zero, so if I were to stick my head through one, I would still see something no? It's time average is obviously zero but that is very different than saying it is zero
Dec 23, 2022 at 18:29	history	edited	Dale	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 29 characters in body
Dec 23, 2022 at 12:13	comment	added	fraxinus		Cats react to non-coherent and polychromatic light as well. The important property in regard to cats is the beam colimation (resonant cavities are good at colimation, too).
Dec 22, 2022 at 16:25	history	edited	Dale	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 102 characters in body
Dec 22, 2022 at 12:54	comment	added	CGCampbell		Definitely. All that mumbo jumbo is useless fluff. Producing heat in a target, nah. Who cares that it is monochromatic? What even is coherency? Turning the real rulers of the planet into quivering masses of energy totally focused in that spot instead of on demanding belly rubs? Priceless
Dec 21, 2022 at 21:13	history	answered	Dale	CC BY-SA 4.0