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throwawayaway12
3101 days ago
There are definitely petawatt class lasers currently (ex. the Texas petawatt). I think most are of order 100 fs.
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jsjohnst
3101 days ago
Per the research I just did, 2PW has been done for one picosecond, 10PW is being built. Apparently because of the very very short pulse, the energy required is trivially small (as in less than a light bulb in your house for an hour)
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