Category: laser

X-ray lasers can spot elusive electron motion

Post author By Randall
Post date December 3, 2019
Categories In atom, department of energy, electron, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, laser, Science, slac, slac national accelerator laboratory, Tech, tomorrow, x-ray, x-ray laser, xleap

[ad_1] X-ray lasers like SLAC’s Linac Coherent Lightsource have an undulator, or a magnet that converts some of the energy from electron beams into X-ray bursts. The team added two magnets in front of the undulator to shape the electron groups into narrow, very intense spikes (some nearly 500 megawatts) with a wide variety of […]

US Air Force successfully shoots down multiple missiles with a laser

Post author By Randall
Post date May 5, 2019
Categories In defense, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, laser, military, missile, missile defense, self-protect high energy laser demonstrator, shield, Tech, us air force, usaf, wargadget

[ad_1] You won’t see the technology used in-air for a while. The USAF only gave Lockheed Martin a contract in 2017, and the first airborne tests aren’t expected until sometime in 2021. It would likely take a while after that before the system could find its way into service. Provided the technology works as promised, […]