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Gas laser, a Common card
A gas laser is a laser in which an electric current is discharged through a gas to produce coherent light.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 81
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 81 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Gas laser quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gas laser card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It produced a coherent light beam in the infrared region of the ______ at 1.15 micrometres.
Answer
spectrum. It produced a coherent light beam in the infrared region of the spectrum at 1.15 micrometres. From the Gas laser article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The first gas laser, the Helium–neon laser, was co-invented by Iranian engineer and scientist Ali Javan and American physicist William R. Bennett, Jr., in ____.
Answer
1960s. The first gas laser, the Helium–neon laser, was co-invented by Iranian engineer and scientist Ali Javan and American physicist William R. Bennett, Jr., in 1960. From the Gas laser article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Drawing. Drawing 56 · Gas laser 52 · Dream Chaser Tenacity 49 · Bō-hiya 45 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The gas laser was the first continuous-light laser and the first laser to operate on the principle of converting electrical energy to a laser light output.
- The first gas laser, the Helium–neon laser, was co-invented by Iranian engineer and scientist Ali Javan and American physicist William R. Bennett, Jr., in 1960.
- It produced a coherent light beam in the infrared region of the spectrum at 1.15 micrometres.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gas laser article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Gas laser
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gas laser (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tommy Markstein, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
