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World's Highest-Energy Laser System
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory identifies the National Ignition Facility (NIF) as the world's largest and highest-energy laser system, capable of delivering more than 2 million joules of ultraviolet energy to a target.
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more than2 millionjoules
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- 2009-03
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Overview
Archive NoteNIF is located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States.
Its 192 laser beams converge on a small target for high-energy-density and inertial-confinement-fusion research.
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1 Milestonesmore than 2 million joules
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, United States
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