http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2009/02/17/hercules-petawatt-laser.aspxEngineering TV visited The Center for Ultrafast Optical Science at the University of Michigan to take a closer look at HERCULES, a high-field petawatt class laser. The beam measures 20 billion trillion watts per square centimeter, contains 300 terawattsenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Debug Build: 20917.1142)http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2009/02/17/hercules-petawatt-laser.aspx#30809Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:21:11 GMT47e16688-3829-4dd3-b275-52b24bfef241:30809cold fusion failed castleton...<p>its not a matter of laser power, its a matter of actually hitting an atom with a laser, and then of course the simple matter of how to harvest that energy without using more energy then it costs to harvest it</p> <img src="http://engineeringtv.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30809" width="1" height="1">http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2009/02/17/hercules-petawatt-laser.aspx#30476Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:07:54 GMT47e16688-3829-4dd3-b275-52b24bfef241:30476L M Castleton<p>When are your people going to use this for laser initiated fusion? &nbsp;Or better yet create a fusion primary propulsion rocket with a twin mirror type of design</p> <img src="http://engineeringtv.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30476" width="1" height="1">