First 2 petawatt laser roughly doubles the peak power of any other laser in the US, furthering research in medicine, astrophysics, security

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1084434

">100X global electricity power output, this laser pulse lasts 25 quintillionths of a second long, can be split into multiple beams... aims to produce electron beam energies equivalent to those made in particle accelerators that are hundreds of meters in length, using 2 separate beams: 1 forming guiding channel/ other accelerating electrons through it, creating wakefield acceleration... gymnasium-size midscale-sized facility... new crystal taking four and a half years to manufacture, available this summer, will enable 3 PW"

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