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The single laser beam, which begins no thicker than a human hair, is amplified and split into 192 beams, each of which is 18 inches wide. This illustrates the final product of a NIF shot.
Read more in our related article: "Harnessing a star's power for clean energy"
June 4, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET
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