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These are exciting times for laser fusion. In the next couple of years, the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) should reach "ignition" – the point at which a fusion device starts to kick out more energy than it takes in. But what happens after that? After all, releasing the energy of the stars is one thing: releasing it in a form that could actually turn on some lights is another.
One project that aims to bridge this gap is called the European High Power Laser Energy Research Project – HiPER for short – and it's the subject of the latest video feature from our sister product //physicsworld.com//. In the first video, HiPER director Mike Dunne describes how the project will work, and outlines some of the technological hurdles that need to be overcome to transform laser fusion into a practical power source.
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ANALYSIS
Jan 4, 2010
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One project that aims to bridge this gap is called the European High Power Laser Energy Research Project – HiPER for short – and it's the subject of the latest video feature from our sister product //physicsworld.com//. In the first video, HiPER director Mike Dunne describes how the project will work, and outlines some of the technological hurdles that need to be overcome to transform laser fusion into a practical power source.
When he's not co-ordinating the efforts of researchers at HiPER's 26 member institutions, Dunne is also head of the UK's Central Laser Facility (CLF) in Oxfordshire. The CLF is home to a number of lasers – including Vulcan, one of the highest-intensity lasers in the world – that provide possible templates for the high-power, high-repetition-rate system that HiPER will need. For a view of what it's like to work on these giant lasers, tune in to our interview with fusion scientist (and Vulcan laser user) Kate Lancaster, as she talks about the basic physics research taking place there.

ANALYSIS
Jan 4, 2010
fusion gets HiPERactiveHiPERactiveheight="344">
These are (NIF) should reachreachheight="344"> "ignition" –
One project that aims to bridge this gap is called the European High Power Laser Energy Research Project – HiPER for short – and it's the subject of the latest video feature from our sister product //physicsworld.com//. In the first video, HiPER director Mike Dunne describes how the project will work, and outlines some of the technological hurdles that need to be overcome to transform laser fusion into a practical power source.
When he's not co-ordinating the efforts of researchers at HiPER's 26 member institutions, Dunne is also head of the UK's Central Laser Facility (CLF) in Oxfordshire. The CLF is home to a number of lasers – including Vulcan, one of the highest-intensity lasers in the world – that provide possible templates for the high-power, high-repetition-rate system that HiPER will need. For a view of what it's like to work on these giant lasers, tune in to our interview with fusion scientist (and Vulcan laser user) Kate Lancaster, as she talks about the basic physics research taking place there.

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Here's an article regarding laser fusion project. I hope you will find it interesting .
ANALYSIS
Jan 4, 2010
Laser fusion gets HiPERactive
These are exciting times for laser fusion. In the next couple of years, the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) should reach "ignition" – the point at which a fusion device starts to kick out more energy than it takes in. But what happens after that? After all, releasing the energy of the stars is one thing: releasing it in a form that could actually turn on some lights is another.
One project that aims to bridge this gap is called the European High Power Laser Energy Research Project – HiPER for short – and it's the subject of the latest video feature from our sister product //physicsworld.com//. In the first video, HiPER director Mike Dunne describes how the project will work, and outlines some of the technological hurdles that need to be overcome to transform laser fusion into a practical power source.
When he's not co-ordinating the efforts of researchers at HiPER's 26 member institutions, Dunne is also head of the UK's Central Laser Facility (CLF) in Oxfordshire. The CLF is home to a number of lasers – including Vulcan, one of the highest-intensity lasers in the world – that provide possible templates for the high-power, high-repetition-rate system that HiPER will need. For a view of what it's like to work on these giant lasers, tune in to our interview with fusion scientist (and Vulcan laser user) Kate Lancaster, as she talks about the basic physics research taking place there.

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When a parallel beam of light falls on a smooth surface,
the reflected rays are also parallel
how to use lasers to find out about the angle of reflection
A Convex mirror is a reflecting surface in which its
bulging side faces the source of light
How is photonics used
in applications
A photonics system consists of:
-light source
-medium
-the deflecting system
-the detecting system
Photonics is the technology that uses light,
almost always from a laser.
Why are lasers
uniquely hapaharzardous
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different power devices, dangers etc.
The science of Photonics include transmission, emission,
signal processing, modulation etc.
lasers have three characteristics:
1)monochromatic
2)directional
3)coherent

A Convex mirror is a reflecting surface in which its
bulging side faces the source of light
Lasers and Photonics
What I know
What i want to know
What i learnt
Laser stands for
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
and is a mechanism for emitting light
How is photonics used
in applications
Photonics is the technology that uses light,
almost always from a laser.
Why are lasers
uniquely hapaharzardous
The science of Photonics include transmission, emission,
signal processing, modulation etc.

When light strikes a flat mirror and is reflected off it,
the angle of incidence is the same as the angle of reflection
in construction
in construction
There are two kinds of reflection:
diffused/irregular reflection and regular reflection
When a parallel beam of light falls on a smooth surface,
the reflected rays are also parallel
A Convex mirror is a reflecting surface in which its
bulging side faces the source of light

Lesson 2 (REFLECTION OF LIGHT)
What i know
What I want to know
What i learnt
When light strikes a flat mirror and is reflected off it,
the angle of incidence is the same as the angle of reflection
in construction
in construction
There are two kinds of reflection:
diffused/irregular reflection and regular reflection

Lesson 2 (REFLECTION OF LIGHT)
What i know
When light strikes a flat mirror and is reflected off a flat mirror, theit,
the angle of