Texas Petawatt Laser by Robert Shults (Robert Shults)
Eye on Texas: UT-Austin’s Petawatt Laser
Three stories beneath the University of Texas, the Texas Petawatt Laser produces the most powerful laser pulse anywhere in the world.
A version of this story ran in the April 2015 issue.
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