Antimatter: Scientists Trap Elusive Material by Blasting It With Lasers
Antimatter is believed to play a huge part in the story of our universe. It’s the counterpart to matter: identical in every way – with…
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NASA Laser Communications: Empowering More Data Than Ever Before
Launching this summer, NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will showcase the dynamic powers of laser communications technologies. With NASA’s ever-increasing human and robotic presence…
Record-Breaking Laser Pulses Allow Astrophysical Phenomena to Be Studied in the Lab
Researchers have demonstrated a record-high laser pulse intensity of over 1023 W/cm2 using the petawatt laser at the Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute…
Laser Light Makes a Comeback (Literally): New Phenomenon Discovered
Researchers from Osaka University discover phenomenon of reciprocating propagation of laser pulse intensity in free space. Straight-line constant-speed propagation in free space is a basic…
CERN Scientists Successfully Laser-Cool Antimatter for the First Time
The result opens the door to considerably more precise studies of the response of antimatter to light and of how it behaves under the influence…
World’s First Laser-Based Manipulation of Antimatter (The Otherworldly Counterpart to Matter)
Researchers with the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration have announced the world’s first laser-based manipulation of antimatter, leveraging a made-in-Canada laser system to cool a sample of…
A New Way To Observe Laser Interactions Could Improve Laser-Based Manufacturing
Despite the enormous amount of research over the decades into lasers and their applications, there have been few ways to accurately, efficiently, and directly observe…
Zapping Quantum Materials With Lasers Reveals How Atoms Relate
Lex Kemper is an associate professor of physics at NC State. He studies quantum materials: solid materials that have nifty physical properties that make them…
Particle Accelerator Physics: Experiment Reveals New Options for Synchrotron Light Sources
An international team has shown through a sensational experiment how diverse the possibilities for employing synchrotron light sources are. The most modern light sources for…
Increasing Optical Data Transmission Speed by a Factor of at Least 10,000
A pulsed-laser repetition rate of 57.8 GHz was achieved by inserting a resonator containing graphene. The limitations of the manufacturing process were overcome by directly…
A Phonon Laser – Efficient Generation of Coherent Vibrations From a Self-Breathing Resonator
Lasing – the emission of a collimated light beam of light with a well-defined wavelength (color) and phase – results from a self-organization process, in…
Testing Whether Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity Is Right With a Record-Breaking Laser Link
Scientists from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and The University of Western Australia (UWA) have set a world record for the most…
Towards Exawatt-Class Lasers: New Concept for Next-Generation Ultra-Intense Lasers
Researchers from Osaka University propose a concept for next-generation ultra-intense lasers, possibly increasing the current record from 10 Petawatts to 500 Petawatts. Ultra-intense lasers with…
Breaking the Power and Speed Limit of Lasers: New Fast, Powerful Compact Laser Invented
Researchers invent a novel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, the workhorses of datacenters and optical sensors. Summary Researchers at the George Washington University have developed a new…
Laser Writing Breathes Life Into High-Performance Sensing Platforms
A simple method developed at KAUST uses laser beams to create graphene electrodes that have better performance than those produced through older methods. Electrodes consisting…
Researchers Develop a Portable Terahertz Laser for Powerful Sensing and Imaging
The instrument could bring powerful sensing and imaging capabilities out of the lab and into hospitals, airports, or other settings. Researchers at MIT and the…
Discovered: Innovative Way to Tune Lasers Toward Infrared Wavelengths
Researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have discovered a cost-effective way to tune the spectrum of a laser to the infrared, a…
Breakthrough in the Creation of Electrically Driven Nanolasers for Integrated Circuits
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King’s College London cleared the obstacle that had prevented the creation of electrically driven nanolasers…