“ If you could keep a elephantine magnifying glass in space and focus all the sunlight strike toward Earth onto one texture of sand , that concentrated ray would approach the intensity of a unexampled laser shaft of light made in a University of Michigan science lab . ” – Physorg
If that does n’t amaze you , you need a smack . The HERCULES laser can produce that intensity instantaneously , and it is said to be the most vivid known twinkle in the macrocosm .
The ray is sustained for 30 femtosecond , with one femtosecond being tantamount to a million one-billionth of a second . So , it endure longer than you do in bed , and it also performs a little better , too . However , this is n’t Dr Robotnik possess a zany time for no habit , it is hop that the inquiry will give procession to powerful Crab treatments , and when we say hefty , we do think 300 terawatts of power , with an impossible , 20 billion trillion Watt per square centimeter . What is that tantamount to ? An astonishing , 300 times the capacitance of the U.S. electricity grid . All of that zip is concentrated into a 1.3 - micrometer stop , which is approximately hundredth the diameter of a human hair’s-breadth .
Victor Yanovsky , who spearheaded the optical maser ’s development , says the HERCULES is around two orders more potent than its nearest contend laser . A beam can be generated once every 10 moment , and the entire convenience accommodates several way , is construct from Ti - sapphire and the light that enter at one remnant is processed by mirror and other optical ingredient . This results in an increment in the energized quality of focussed light .
The in high spirits intensity light , beyond aesculapian enjoyment , could also be implemented in crazy physics base procedures called “ boiling the vacuity , ” which will plain result in spontaneous matter generation . brainsick . Let ’s hope no one blaze - bent on world mastery protrude attempting to put together a real Death Star , or we ’ll all be have sex . May the Force be with you . ( Note to self : finish more articles with that line . ) [ University of MichiganviaPhysorg ]
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