HomeMade Low-Pressure Ultraviolet Pulsed Laser
The laser above has a 250,000 watt peak power of ultraviolet light for five billionths of a second.
This is the equivalent power of roughly all the sunlight (~1000 watts/meter) hitting a tennis court (261 square meters).
You might also equate it to the power output of a car with 330 hp.
It doesn't burn through the wall because it is of very short duration
This is the equivalent power of roughly all the sunlight (~1000 watts/meter) hitting a tennis court (261 square meters).
You might also equate it to the power output of a car with 330 hp.
It doesn't burn through the wall because it is of very short duration
How short is five billionths of a second? A "nanosecond", or a billionths of a second, is the approximate time it takes light to travel one foot.
What could it be used for? High speed photography is one answer. It is indeed faster than the 10 nanosecond Rapatronic camera that was used to photograph nuclear bombs).
What could it be used for? High speed photography is one answer. It is indeed faster than the 10 nanosecond Rapatronic camera that was used to photograph nuclear bombs).
Lasers make up the backbone of technology as we know it. They can pulse to unimaginable peak powers and focused to incredibly small areas.