The most powerful laser in history is already a reality and it is in the United States. That’s how it is.
Laser technology is in fashion. Over the last few years, the applications of this proposal have not stopped increasing. After all, this type of spot light has a series of characteristics that make it an instrument capable of offering great performance in multiple aspects. In fact, a user even created a lawnmower with a laser beam capable of burning plants in its path. This branch of technology, others, it is very easy to get in the market due to increased demand.
In the United States, the aim was to take advantage of a rapidly growing market to create a differential project. The innovation in particular is called ZEUS and its main objective is the creation of the most powerful laser in history. Do you think that its development has not been possible? Their power adds up to a total of 3 petawatts, or what is the same, is the equivalent to the needs of the United States electrical network. It is, as you can see, a very interesting program from the point of view of investment.
Let’s see, therefore, what one of the most interesting projects remembered in this area consists of, why we are facing the laser with the greatest capacity in all history and, of course, to what extent is it possible to find applications practices to a technology of these characteristics. Is it a first-class energy waste or could there be a job with commercial aspirations behind it?
ZEUS, this is the most powerful laser technology that has been created by the human being
The University of Michigan has been in charge of building the most powerful laser in history. Its energy consumption is similar to that of the entire population of the United States, a reference that shows to what extent it has unique qualities in the world. According to the specialized portal Pulso, the project does not have a mythological componentbut rather ZEUS stands for Zetawatt Equivalent Ultrashort Pulse Laser System.
To understand the enormous power level that this technology possesses, it is important to realize that we are dealing with a ‘3’ followed by a total of 15 ‘0’s. That would be the equivalent there would be in terms of watts. In order to carry out a project of this magnitude, the National Energy Foundation made a contribution of 18.5 million dollars the University of Michigan. It is, therefore, a proposal that has been especially followed by public authorities in order to determine its potential application.
Among its main functions will not be to take advantage of its light in the Universe, but behind there will be research projects more related to atoms and subatomic reactions. The purpose of this is to determine some physics-related questions that are still unanswered. Now, when will this technology be available to carry out the long-awaited experiments? Parallel investigations are expected to begin in autumn 2023 to answer many problems that are still present today.
One of the main challenges in our field is access to intense and quality laser light. Franklin Dollar, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California
Thanks to the creation of this technology, a new path is opened that will be the subject of research in the coming years. It is expected that Significant progress can be made in everything that refers to luminosity and, above all, in the scientific field.