LFEX : Laser for Fast Ignition Experiments

Lasers have been one of the most interesting topics of all time and there are a lot of stuff that can be done with it. A team of scientists from Japan’s Osaka University have recently developed the most powerful laser beam ever. In order to produce a powerful and most energetic laser beam scientists used a devices called LFEX and produced a laser beam having energy 2 PetaWatts (10^15) which is nearly equal to 1000 times of the total energy consumption of the entire world.
 

US Navy uses a laser capable of blasting drones and boats with just one hit and the laser is having a range of 30 kilometres. 

How does LFEX works? 

A laser capable of producing that much amount of power, 15 zeroes quantitatively, must require a huge source of energy. But surprisingly the laser doesn’t require this huge amount of energy to give that output. It actually uses the same amount of power that a oven uses for a microseconds. This energy is further amplified with the help of amplifiers (300 foot glass tubes) and concentrating it to a 1 picosecond and the ultimate output consists of crazy energy levels. The laser beam fired by the device is for a trillionth of a second but is very powerful and is the top notch level of all time.

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