Monday, February 18, 2008
Most Intense Laser Beam in the Universe Lasts 30 Femtoseconds
Most intense laser beam in the universe created
February 16th, 2008
Scientists at the University of Michigan say that they have devised a way to produce a laser beam about as intense as a concentrated ray of the entire sunlight shining towards Earth would be if it were focussed onto one grain of sand.
The pulsed laser beam lasts just 30 femtoseconds (a millionth of a billionth of a second). The Michigan team believes that such intense lasers may be helpful in developing better proton and electron beams for radiation treatment of cancer, among other applications
Full story here
February 16th, 2008
Scientists at the University of Michigan say that they have devised a way to produce a laser beam about as intense as a concentrated ray of the entire sunlight shining towards Earth would be if it were focussed onto one grain of sand.
The pulsed laser beam lasts just 30 femtoseconds (a millionth of a billionth of a second). The Michigan team believes that such intense lasers may be helpful in developing better proton and electron beams for radiation treatment of cancer, among other applications
Full story here
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