OMG This Can't Be Real

[laserman55]

So I was just reading the Popular Science mag for the month of September and they had this article on the worlds biggest laser I just wanted to quote one part of the article. I will post a link to the article online if I can find.
"Lasers can be measured by their energy, power, or intensity. NIF has the most energy. The Texas Petawatt laser at the University of Texas boasts the highest power, at 1,000 trillion watts but lasting only 150 quadrillionths of a second. The Hercules laser at the University of Michigan is most intense: 300 trillion watts, concentrated on an area just over one micron in diameter."

Well I surfed the web and came up with a couple sites:
Petawatt
( The High Intensity Laser Group - University of Texas at Austin )
The Hercules laser
( Michigan laser beam believed to set record for intensity )

O man I couldn't find the article I will have to scan it or something but I would check out there site they have many other articles on lasers.

Like check these:
www.popsci.com/.../smallest-laser-ever-may-herald-future-electronic-devices
Water Rolls Uphill On Metal Blasted By Powerful Femtosecond Laser | Popular Science

Also I don't know why I put this under red lasers I just like this part of the forum. Idk just don't ask.

 

[rangedunits]

eH, does it light matches?

 

[laserman55]

yeah this thing will burn a hole through plate steel the actual article was on a laser that could create nuclear fusion which allowed it to create more energy than the laser itself used

 

[Grix]

The texas petawatt laser is in Guiness Book of records

 

[Mohrenberg]

yeah this thing will burn a hole through plate steel the actual article was on a laser that could create nuclear fusion which allowed it to create more energy than the laser itself used

energy gain amazes me!
MUAHAHAHAHA!!!
yes i read about the one in california, for the first time they will be able to produce an enviroment similiar to that which is only found at the center of massive planet and in black holes, and the energy produced from it burning creates more energy than was used for ignition, so theoretically it be "jump started" and then could run off of the energy it creates itself?
i see cars with unlimited MPG in the future! w00t!

 

[laserman55]

lol pretty much