National Ignition Facility achieves unprecedented 1 megajoule laser shot
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 13:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully delivered an historic level of laser energy -- more than 1 megajoule -- to a target in a few billionths of a second and demonstrated the target drive conditions required to achieve fusion ignition.