The laser system tested for inertial confinement can producea 100-kJ pulse only 1.00 ns in duration. (a) What is the poweroutput of the laser system during the brief pulse?(b) How many photons are in the pulse, given theirwavelength is 1.06 μm ?(c) What is the total momentum of all these photons?(d) How does the total photon momentum compare with thatof a single 1.00 MeV deuterium nucleus?
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The laser system tested for inertial confinement can produce
a 100-kJ pulse only 1.00 ns in duration. (a) What is the power
output of the laser system during the brief pulse?
(b) How many photons are in the pulse, given their
wavelength is 1.06 μm ?
(c) What is the total momentum of all these photons?
(d) How does the total photon momentum compare with that
of a single 1.00 MeV deuterium nucleus?
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