America’s Most Powerful Laser Fires Its First 2-Petawatt Shot

Reaching 2 petawatts of power, the NSF-funded ZEUS facility at the University of Michigan supports research with potential benefits for medicine, national security, materials science, and other fields. The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has achieved its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 quadrillion watts), nearly doubling the peak power of [...]