DocumentCode
1477869
Title
Build your own photonic fence to zap mosquitoes midflight [Backwards Star Wars]
Author
Kare, Jordin ; Buffum, Jude
Volume
47
Issue
5
fYear
2010
fDate
5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
28
Abstract
This paper developed a photonic fence to help in an epic struggle against malaria and other vicious insect-borne diseases. This paper studies installing a near-infrared fibre laser operating at 1570 nanometers, which won´t harm the human retina, or an ultraviolet laser.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser beam applications; mosquito prevention; near-infrared fibre laser; photonic fence; ultraviolet laser; Diseases; Fiber lasers; Humans; Retina;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5453138
Filename
5453138
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