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College of Michigan researchers develop nation’s strongest laser

By Editorial Board Published May 21, 2025 4 Min Read
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College of Michigan researchers develop nation’s strongest laser

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Researchers on the College of Michigan have developed the nation’s strongest laser.

The most recent design has practically doubled the height energy of some other laser within the nation. The crew lately performed its first profitable experiment measured at 2 petawatts — 2 quadrillion watts — which is greater than 100 instances the worldwide electrical energy output.

That enormous quantity is matched with one thing nearly equally as small. The ability surge is an especially temporary pulse, lasting simply 25 quintillionths of a second.

A view by means of the titanium-sapphire crystal that helps switch energy into ZEUS’s laser pulses. (Courtesy Marcin Szczepanski/College of Michigan Engineering)

The laser, referred to as the Zettawatt-Equal Ultrashort pulse laser system or ZEUS, is managed by U-M’s Heart for Ultrafast Optical Science and supported by the Nationwide Science Basis.

Karl Krushelnick, the director of the CUOS, mentioned this newest milestone “marks the beginning of experiments that move into unexplored territory for American high field science.”

Researchers count on the developments might be utilized to a number of completely different fields, together with drugs, nationwide safety and astrophysics.

Laser engineer Gregg Sucha holds up a laser burn mark on photographic paper in a control room of the ZEUS lab. (Courtesy Marcin Szczepanski/University of Michigan Engineering)Laser engineer Gregg Sucha holds up a laser burn mark on photographic paper in a management room of the ZEUS lab. (Courtesy Marcin Szczepanski/College of Michigan Engineering)John Nees, left, and laser engineer Richard Van Camp, check the alignment of the optics inside the amplification cabinet of ZEUS. (Courtesy Marcin Szczepanski/University of Michigan Engineering)John Nees, left, and laser engineer Richard Van Camp, examine the alignment of the optics contained in the amplification cupboard of ZEUS. (Courtesy Marcin Szczepanski/College of Michigan Engineering)John Nees, left, and laser engineer Paul Campbell work on ZEUS. (Courtesy Marcin Szczepanski/University of Michigan Engineering)John Nees, left, and laser engineer Paul Campbell work on ZEUS. (Courtesy Marcin Szczepanski/College of Michigan Engineering)

Since it’s supported by the NSF, analysis groups from everywhere in the world can submit experiment proposals for ZEUS. Franklin Greenback, a professor on the College of California-Irvine, is ready to guide an experiment on the new energy degree.

“One of the great things about ZEUS is it’s not just one big laser hammer. You can split the light into multiple beams,” he mentioned in a college weblog put up. “Having a national resource like this, which awards time to users whose experimental concepts are most promising for advancing scientific priorities, is really bringing high-intensity laser science back to the U.S.”

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CUOS says “the road to 2 petawatts” has been an extended one. The earlier laser system, HERCULES, obtained as much as 300 terawatts. ZEUS helped them leap to 1 petawatt. The ZEUS crew has already spent greater than a yr operating experiments at that degree.

ZEUS requires many particular items to make it work, together with a 7-inch sapphire crystal that’s infused with titanium atoms. ZEUS challenge supervisor Franko Bayer says they’re already engaged on one other one that may assist them get even stronger.

“The crystal that we’re going to get in the summer will get us to 3 petawatts, and it took four-and-a-half years to manufacture,” Bayer mentioned within the weblog put up. “The size of the titanium sapphire crystal we have, there are only a few in the world.”

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