BELLA laser achieves world record power at 1 petawat per sec

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hanelyp
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power at 1 petawat per sec
say Watt? Another journalist reporting what they don't understand is my guess.

GIThruster
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It was a pentawatt pulse that lasted 40 femtoseconds. Highest power output on record and can fire once/second.
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Enginerd
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GIThruster wrote:It was a pentawatt pulse that lasted 40 femtoseconds. Highest power output on record and can fire once/second.
That'll leave a mark...

Might also be useful for fusion development:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/07/fusion ... ivity.html
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/06/laser- ... usion.html
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