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I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers – here’s what a shot day looks like

  • Written by Ahmed Helal, Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin
imageInside a laser clean room. The beam is contained within the blue pipe.Ahmed Helal

If you walk across the open yard in front of the Physics, Math and Astronomy building at the University of Texas at Austin, you’ll see a 17-story tower and a huge L-shaped building. What you won’t see is what’s underneath you. Two floors below...

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