I'm wondering if you could use a pair of cheap Chinese CO2 lasers and combine the outputs using an appropriately designed prism.
Obviously you could not use glass because the laser would cut it.
I'm thinking something like this
Try parabolic mirrors instead. your accuracy and detail should be very accurate in order to succeed.
The prism you've drawn just does not work. The exiting ray on the lower face is normal to the lower face only if the incident ray is normal. Think beam splitter.
I'm not skilled in lasers etc but I'm frustrated by the significantly higher prices of greater power laser tubes. You can buy 2x 100w tubes for a quarter of the price of one similar length 200w.
Georgi Gary Rozenman Thanks, I had thought about a parabolic mirror.
Vincent Lecoeuche Thanks, you have given me something to research further.
Igor Goliney Thanks, my drawing was based on a beam splitter but my understanding is that you cannot use the splitters available, for two identical beams or you loose 50% of of the total power.
Biao Sun Thanks, yes I have tried that path. I've been in contact with 5 such persons and all have declined to help. They have said it can't be done (based on their current experience). My thought is it probably can and it will require someone to mull it over, probably someone who can and will think outside the box. This is the way many new inventions occur. You don't know of anyone I could contact?
I was wondering if you could make a single laser with two tubes that only have 45* mirrors at one end but then you would have the cathode and anode to excite
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