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For what it's worth, the claim that improving laser efficiency should be straightforward sounds right to me. That they ignored laser efficiency to focus on igni
by hiddencost 3y ago
For what it's worth, the claim that improving laser efficiency should be straightforward sounds right to me. That they ignored laser efficiency to focus on ignition sounds like a principled approach to research: pick a specific target and focus exclusively on that target.
- itishappy 3y agoWe've already produced lasers with about a 100x efficiency improvement over what the NIF currently uses (65% vs 0.5%). Same wavelength, but obviously very different power levels. https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16556280/diode-lasers-research-gives-high-power-diode-lasers-new-capabilities https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16556...
- K0balt 3y agoNice.