Inertial Confinement Fusion LIFE The world's largest and highest-energy laser

[majorlee]

The world's largest and highest-energy laser was certified to operate by the U.S. Department of Energy on March 27, 2009. In 2010, NIF will focus the intense energy of 192 giant laser beams on a BB-sized target filled with hydrogen fuel — fusing, or igniting, the hydrogen atoms' nuclei in the world's first controlled thermonuclear reaction. This is the same fusion energy process that makes stars shine and provides the life-giving energy of the sun.

https://lasers.llnl.gov/


saw this and thought of you guys!

[platinum]

I would really like to know what kind of items could be found in their dumpsters - or at least what they get rid of since I'm sure their dumpsters aren't exactly sitting outside, ready for me to hop in.

-Jonathan

[GooeyGus]

giant flash tubes.... huge slabs of nd:yag .... huge chunks of non-linear optical crystals...

All of your usual death-ray type garbage.

[300EVIL]

giant flash tubes.... huge slabs of nd:yag .... huge chunks of non-linear optical crystals...

All of your usual death-ray type garbage.

LOL! So that's how you guys get this stuff! My local dumpster diving efforts earns me half of a bologna sandwich, a couple empty beer cans and an occasional burned out CRT monitor. Although, back in my hometown in Florida; Westinghouse and Lockheed Martin did have some awesome stuff! Yeah, got chased out by security a couple of times.

[GooeyGus]

Synrad is about 10 minutes from my house.... I've never gone diving there but I'd assume I could get some decent stuff. ZnSe optics at least