Sentences with phrase «more powerful laser»

«One important possible application of this work is in creating a more powerful laser system than existing technologies allow,» Soljači?

So far, this drastic increase in speed takes about 5 to 10 minutes to trigger with the 150 - watt mercury lamp the researchers used, but Leigh says more powerful laser pulses could set off turbo boosts in a microsecond or less.

Now, Alexander Fedotov of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in Russia and his colleagues have calculated that more powerful lasers set to be built in the next decade could create millions of pairs in a chain reaction.

To move on to other atoms and molecules will require more powerful lasers with shorter pulses, of the type used in coherent control chemistry, so the future of this method is very promising.»

Now, researchers are broadening the potential applications of even smaller and more powerful lasers.

Over the next few years it was upgraded in order to boost its sensitivity - its noise being reduced, in part, thanks to more powerful lasers, better isolation of the mirrors, as well as mirrors that are both bigger and more highly reflective.

Berkeley Lab researchers have won two grants from the DOE and NCI that focus on particle beam - based therapies for treating cancer as well as on building faster, more powerful lasers for accelerators.

You're the captain of a massive tub of a ship, a real clunker, but through the standard video game space activities of mining, trading, and bounty hunting — or the outlaw versions, in which you kill miners and traders for their goods and battle government forces — your earned or ill - gotten spacebucks pave the way to better cannons, more powerful lasers, and improved engines, boosters, and shields.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile in February the U.S. - government funded National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California, known for housing the world's most powerful laser, reported experiments indicating they were close to achieving «net gain,» where more total energy comes out than was put in — a goal that has eluded scientists for six decades.

Besides making lasers more powerful, researchers also want to make them shoot faster.

As they fall deeper into the dark between the stars, the light sails would attempt to transmit their precious findings back to Earth using laser beams no more powerful than the signal from a typical cell phone.

It's the stuff of science fiction: robots that can hunt down and kill humans, powerful lasers that can destroy targets without leaving a trace, and a weapon that can supposedly knock you down without even touching you — all of these, and more, came one step closer to reality in 2008.

With an output of 50 watts — 1000 times more powerful than a typical handheld unit — the laser is tuned to sodium atoms» strong yellow emission at 589 nanometres.

BIC lasers can also be made to emit beams with specially engineered shapes (spiral, donut or bell curve)-- called vector beams — which could enable increasingly powerful computers and optical communication systems that can carry up to 10 times more information than existing ones.

Known as the National Ignition Facility, the proposed laser is a giant, much more powerful than any laser that has ever been built before.

DARPA is looking at more efficient technologies, like fiber lasers and liquid lasers, which could lead to smaller, more compact devices, while the Navy is researching a Free Electron Laser, an experimental technology that uses high - speed electrons to generate an extremely powerful focused beam of radiation.

This could potentially create a sound wave 50 times longer and allow the lasers used to be 100 times less powerful — and less energy intensive — thereby delivering more data more quickly at a lower cost.

The result brings the tiny flakes, called nanocrystals, a crucial step closer to fulfilling their promise of tailoring a laser's color just by changing the size of the crystal, which could lead to more powerful tools for detecting chemicals or sending information via flickers of light.

Along with the change of laser size, the researchers also adjusted the magnetic material through which the light travels and amplifies to a more powerful pulse.

Goto and his team used Q switching, along with a laser a tenth of the size of an American penny, to produce a laser beam ten times more powerful than previously reported with a larger laser.

The effort could lead to a next generation of more powerful, versatile, compact, and durable X-ray lasers.

The world's most powerful X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), is about to get far more powerful.

They open a way to more complete astrophysical experimentations in the laboratory using the most powerful Megajoule lasers as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) or Laser MegaJoule (LMJ).

Researchers have combined these structures to create nanophotonic counterparts of integrated circuits, as well as more efficient solar cells, ultra-small lasers and sensors, and more powerful optical microscopes.

Allowing light output more than two times as powerful as LED alone, Audi says the laser technology be used for the first time on this year's R18 Le Mans car.

But after years of resisting, I have now come around to the fact that Facebook is the most powerful advertising platform around because of its laser - targeting abilities and the fact that most readers are more likely to be on Facebook than Twitter.

The sheer number of weapons in this game, such shotguns, laser rifles and hand - cannons, is amazing and every new area I went into offered up a new weapon to try out keeping me pushing forward to find that next even more powerful killing tool.

Players start off with a generic vessel, low - powered vessel, but as you blast your way through wave after wave of insectoids you will garner cash that can be exchanged for upgrades (faster fire rate, longer lasting lasers, and more durable shields) and even new, progressively more powerful ships.

Instead of explosions, zombies and the need for a powerful PC, ARVI has created simple puzzle experience called Laser Puzzle in VR, which doesn't have the frills of Zombie Grenades Practice for a far more focused and enjoyable puzzler.

Others, like the continuously firing Laser and the long reaching and powerful Meteor are more expensive, with different firing ranges and uses, but are usually slower than the rest and must be complemented by smaller towers.

You unlock more as you progress through the game, with each one feeling more powerful or unique than the last — you might start off with basic weapons, but eventually you'll have powerful shotguns, machine guns, grenade launchers, sniper rifles, flame throwers, and even lasers.

Use materials crafted and salvaged on the surface to outfit and upgrade space fighters with a selection of powerful lasers, plasma cannons, shields and more to become the terror of the nebula!

You can also use blueprints to unlock various weapons including more powerful cannons, lasers, and missiles for your fleet of fighters, scouts, and gunships.

Players must manage a tank of guppies and other aquatic creatures, each stage begins with two guppies in the tank or one breeder which creates guppies.Guppies and other fish drop money, which can be collected by the player and used to purchase fish food and upgrades, such as more aquatic creatures, more filling food, and powerful lasers to repel attackers.Each creature must be kept alive by feeding, whether through fish food bought by the player or other species of fish in the tank.