>>:Am I reading it correctly that they achieved a ~53% output of energy over input?
Let's add some words. The output energy is electromagnetic radiation and heat. When they do make a conversion to usable energy (electricity) there will be conversion losses.
On the input side, they are measuring laser energy. The lasers are not very efficient so this overlooks a bunch of losses on the input side as well.
They are probably 100x away from real energy gain, and the facility isn't even designed to be used that way.
Let's add some words. The output energy is electromagnetic radiation and heat. When they do make a conversion to usable energy (electricity) there will be conversion losses.
On the input side, they are measuring laser energy. The lasers are not very efficient so this overlooks a bunch of losses on the input side as well.
They are probably 100x away from real energy gain, and the facility isn't even designed to be used that way.
Never the less, it is a milestone along the way.