So yeah, this machine is like a wet dream for the laser enthusiast.
"This July, California-based NIF made history by combining 192 laser beams into a record-breaking laser shot that packed over 500 trillion watts of peak power—a thousand times more power than the entire United States uses at any given instant."
Pictures: Inside the World's Most Powerful Laser
"This July, California-based NIF made history by combining 192 laser beams into a record-breaking laser shot that packed over 500 trillion watts of peak power—a thousand times more power than the entire United States uses at any given instant."
Pictures: Inside the World's Most Powerful Laser