A Romania research center activated the world’s most powerful laser

Current Context: The Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics Center (ELI-NP) in Magurele, Romania, houses the world’s most powerful laser.

• This laser system, developed by Thales and ELI-NP, achieved a peak power of 10 PetaWatts, which is a new world record.
• The laser is based on a technique called Chirped-Pulse Amplification (CPA).
• This technique, invented by Gérard Mourou and his then-student Donna Strickland, manages to boost power while keeping the intensity safe.
• It works by stretching an ultra-short laser pulse in time, amplifying it, and squeezing it together again, creating the shortest and most intense laser pulses the world has ever seen.
• This laser technology has already been applied in corrective eye surgery, but it also opens the way for scientists to continue pushing the boundaries of laser power.
• For instance, Mourou mentioned that these ultra-intense pulses could be used to produce much more compact and less expensive particle accelerators to destroy cancer cells.
• This significant achievement represents a major step forward in laser technology and holds the potential to bring about significant advancements in various fields, including space exploration and health.

Question:

Q.1 Where is the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics Center (ELI-NP) located?
a. Bucharest, Romania
b. Berlin, Germany
c. Paris, France
d. Magurele, Romania