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James S
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Cool, the past tense of the article is depressing though. However I remain optimistic that it will show up on eBay any moment now /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
LaserFreak
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"Pulse recompression takes place in a vacuum because by this time, the laser is too intense to pass through any material (including air) without causing damage."
That would tell me right there that I wouldn't want to be getting any part of my body in the beam of that laser unless I wanted a new hole........ /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'm sure if this were to sell on ebay it would be worth a lot of money. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/broke.gif
That would tell me right there that I wouldn't want to be getting any part of my body in the beam of that laser unless I wanted a new hole........ /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'm sure if this were to sell on ebay it would be worth a lot of money. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/broke.gif
kongfuchicken
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10^15 Watts... That's a lot of... watts!
So yeah! it becomes increasingly clear that this thing will have a hard time fitting in your jeans.
So yeah! it becomes increasingly clear that this thing will have a hard time fitting in your jeans.
StoneDog
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The picture shows "blow-off plasma" on the laser-side of the target.
Ouch.
Ouch.
HarryN
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I toured that facility when the program was active. Pretty amazing. What is not mentioned in the article is that in addition to the beam stretching techniques used, they also used frequency doubling / halving crystals to allow for maniputlating the beam through the amplifiers.
Optical alignment of the system (for each shot) took at least a day, and for some reason, I am thinking more like 1 week.
As far as power requirements, the lab has its own power lines, as the power companies that supply power to (the entire state of)CA do not have nearly enough capacity.
Optical alignment of the system (for each shot) took at least a day, and for some reason, I am thinking more like 1 week.
As far as power requirements, the lab has its own power lines, as the power companies that supply power to (the entire state of)CA do not have nearly enough capacity.
LaserFreak
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HarryN said:
As far as power requirements, the lab has its own power lines, as the power companies that supply power to (the entire state of)CA do not have nearly enough capacity.
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So I guess this means we won't be running this thing off a pair of AA's huh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif lmao
HarryN said:
As far as power requirements, the lab has its own power lines, as the power companies that supply power to (the entire state of)CA do not have nearly enough capacity.
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So I guess this means we won't be running this thing off a pair of AA's huh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif lmao
