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Petawatts

The petawatt (PW) is equal to one quadrillion (1015) watts and can be produced by the current generation of lasers for time-scales on the order of picoseconds (10−12 s). One such laser is the Lawrence Livermore's Nova laser, which achieved a power output of 1.25 PW (1.25×1015 W) by a process called chirped pulse amplification. The duration of the pulse was roughly 0.5 ps (5×10−13 s), giving a total energy of 600 J.

Conversion table

wattmicrowattimperial ton of refrigerationfemtowattgigawattnanowattpetawattpicowatt
1 1 000 000 0.0002539 1.0 × 1015 1.0 × 10-9 1 000 000 000 1.0 × 10-15 1 000 000 000 000
1.0 × 10-6 1 2.5387959760084 × 10-10 1 000 000 000 1.0 × 10-15 1 000 1.0 × 10-21 1 000 000
3,938.875 3 938 875 000 1 3.938875 × 1018 3.938875 × 10-6 3 938 875 000 000 3.938875 × 10-12 3.938875 × 1015
1.0 × 10-15 1.0 × 10-9 2.5387959760084 × 10-19 1 1.0 × 10-24 1.0 × 10-6 1.0 × 10-30 0.001
1 000 000 000 1.0 × 1015 253,879.5976008 1.0 × 1024 1 1.0 × 1018 1.0 × 10-6 1.0 × 1021
1.0 × 10-9 0.001 2.5387959760084 × 10-13 1 000 000 1.0 × 10-18 1 1.0 × 10-24 1 000
1.0 × 1015 1.0 × 1021 253,879,597,600.84 1.0 × 1030 1 000 000 1.0 × 1024 1 1.0 × 1027
1.0 × 10-12 1.0 × 10-6 2.5387959760084 × 10-16 1 000 1.0 × 10-21 0.001 1.0 × 10-27 1