UT owns world's most powerful laser

Courtesy Daily Texan  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 11:00pm

UT houses a laser, nestled in a cramped basement room, that created the brightest light in the universe for fractions of a second March 31, beaming the University into the international spotlight.



 

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