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The National Science Foundation recently awarded an $18-million grant to a team of scientists to design the most powerful laser in the world. The team includes Franklin Dollar, professor of physics & astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. “The idea is that this will be a premier scientific facility for the world to address all kinds of things in science and all kinds of applications that such a powerful laser can do,” said UCI’s Franklin Dollar. Image credit: Steve Zylius /...

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Zetawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System is most powerful in the US.

Https://youtu.be/xDDV0EjCXLM The laser that will be the most powerful in the United States is preparing to send its first pulses into an experimental target at the University of Michigan. Funded by the National Science Foundation, it will be a destination for researchers studying extreme plas

The University of Michigan plans to begin experimenting with a new high-power laser that will eventually become the strongest laser in America, according to the researchers.

The University of Michigan plans to begin experimenting with a new high-power laser that will eventually become the strongest laser in America, according to the researchers.