IT World – Scientists fire most powerful laser in history, hope to unlock fusion energy
IT World – Scientists fire most powerful laser in history, hope to unlock fusion energy
By Kevin Lee | 24 March 2012 – 07:33AM
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory create the World’s first 2-megajoule ultraviolet laser.
On March 15, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory fired 192 lasers beams inside the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The infrared lasers were concentrated into a single beam of ultraviolet energy that topped out at 2.03 megajoules, making it the most powerful freaking laser in history, as well as the world’s first two-megajoule ultraviolet laser.
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