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BELLA laser achieves world record power at 1 petawat per sec

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:15 pm
by rcain

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:38 pm
by hanelyp
power at 1 petawat per sec
say Watt? Another journalist reporting what they don't understand is my guess.

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:43 pm
by GIThruster
It was a pentawatt pulse that lasted 40 femtoseconds. Highest power output on record and can fire once/second.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:20 am
by Enginerd
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