Why Aren’t Lightsabers Real Yet? Get the Lowdown from a Laser Physicist
Abstract
The release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" begs the obvious question: Why aren't lightsabers real yet? LLNL science communicator Maren Hunsberger gets the lowdown from laser physicist Zhi Liao in this first installment of "Inside the Lab," a new YouTube series exploring crazy-cool science questions.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1242817
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; LIGHTSABERS; LASERS; PLASMA; LASER PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Hunsberger, Maren, and Liao, Zhi. Why Aren’t Lightsabers Real Yet? Get the Lowdown from a Laser Physicist. United States: N. p., 2015.
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Hunsberger, Maren, & Liao, Zhi. Why Aren’t Lightsabers Real Yet? Get the Lowdown from a Laser Physicist. United States.
Hunsberger, Maren, and Liao, Zhi. 2015.
"Why Aren’t Lightsabers Real Yet? Get the Lowdown from a Laser Physicist". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1242817.
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title = {Why Aren’t Lightsabers Real Yet? Get the Lowdown from a Laser Physicist},
author = {Hunsberger, Maren and Liao, Zhi},
abstractNote = {The release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" begs the obvious question: Why aren't lightsabers real yet? LLNL science communicator Maren Hunsberger gets the lowdown from laser physicist Zhi Liao in this first installment of "Inside the Lab," a new YouTube series exploring crazy-cool science questions.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1242817},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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