Posted on 01/24/2018 8:44:59 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
Boffins in Shanghai, China, have been designing the world's most powerful laser.
The team has already made history with its earlier invention, the Shanghai Superintense Ultrafast Laser Facility have already set records.
The machine is small enough to fit on a tabletop, and contains a disc, the width of a frisbee, which is made of titanium-topped sapphires.
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This year physicist Ruxin Li and his team are planning on building a laser that will pack a mind-boggling 100 petawatt burst.
Called the Station of Extreme Light, the team hopes the laser will be able to tear a hole in the fabric of space a phenomenon known as "breaking the vacuum".
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
They sure did, Buckaroo!
hahahhaha...priceless...post of the day....LOL LOL
i shall chuckle all day to this...thanks...
Here’s a somewhat less sensational article:
As the article suggests, there seems to be a race for the “world’s most powerful laser”, with several countries participating. This reminds me of the race for the “world’s most powerful particle accelerator”, but perhaps not yet as expensive. The scientists see opportunities for discovery, but I suspect the people with the checkbooks see opportunities for national power and prestige.
naaaa,
being advanced enough to get here, they’ld likely re-educate the dumb dems
That dang old inverse square law, I suppose.
Dr. Alan Parsons already built a super powerful “laser”.
I have to agree.
When will the knockoffs be at Harbor Freight?
you mway fwiah wheen redee
Yes, I noticed that as well. The probably mean PWh or PWs - where a femtosecond burst has a few Watts of power... this type of articles always get that wrong, because they're written by idiots.
I really dont want to have to worry about illegal space aliens voting too.
Yeah, and you thought capsizing GUAM was bad...
Slight correction: PW/h or PW/s... A 1 femtosecond burst at 100 PW/s would equal 100 W. That sounds reasonable enough.
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