World's most powerful laser to be built in UK and will be 'million, billion, billion' times brighter than the sun
World's most powerful laser to be built in UK and will be 'million, billion, billion' times brighter than the sun
The Vulcan 20-20 will help scientists working on nuclear fusion, understanding plasma, new renewable energy sources and studying electromagnetic fields.
The Vulcan 20-20 will help scientists working on nuclear fusion, understanding plasma, new renewable energy sources and studying electromagnetic fields.
A single pulse from the laser will deliver more power than the entire National Grid, in a blast lasting a trillionth of a second on a minuscule target.
It all sounds very impressive. I wonder how long it'll take for them to start thinking about stuff they could stick in front of it. I did some training with guys who worked at nuclear reactors and they had an almost endless collection of stories things they put into the most radioactive places - the one that stuck with me was a gonk troll doll that slowly lost its fine mop of hair.
Power of national grid = 30GW according to GridWatch.
30,000,000,000W * 1/1,000,000,000,000s = 30mJ.
Which doesn't sound like a lot. It's about the same energy as lifting 6 sheets of A4 paper one metre in the air.
I was going to say someone is definitely going to try and write on the wall with it from the other side of a warehouse.