Laser radiometry: Powering up
Monday, June 11, 2012 - 10:02
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) -- If you made a long distance phone call or sent an email today, or if youre wearing clothes, then you are benefiting directly from our laser services, says Marla Dowell, leader of PMLs Sources and Detectors Group, the nations keeper of a family of standards that now permit laser calibrations at power levels from nanowatts to hundreds of kilowatts and energy levels from femtojoules to megajoules.