Laser-Produced Plasma Sheds Light on Cosmic Rays, Solar Eruptions
Scientists reveal that laser-produced plasma can provide insight into bursts of subatomic particles that occur in deep space. Such findings could help scientists understand cosmic…
Lasers
UCLA Engineers Develop a New Technique to Control Laser Polarization
Engineers at UCLA have developed a new technique to control the polarization state of a laser that could lead to a new class of powerful,…
How Laser Frequency Combs Transformed Basic Scientific Research
Although most people have never heard of laser frequency combs, they have become essential to advancing important light-based research and have been instrumental to the…
Rapid Fabrication of Nanoscale Geometric Grids Using Lasers
Rapid creation of multi-layered, self-assembled nanoscale grids with fully customizable shapes and compositions is possible using new technique developed by scientists at Brookhaven Lab. Down…
Stanford Physicists Develop an Electrically Driven Polariton Laser
Making use of the unique physical properties of bosons, Stanford physicists have created an electrically driven polariton laser that uses less power than conventional lasers…
Revolutionary Laser System Composed of Massive Arrays of Thousands of Fiber Lasers
By replacing the single monolithic rod amplifier that typically equips lasers with a network of fiber amplifiers and telecommunication components, scientists aim to harness the…
UCLA Physicists Demonstrate the Acceleration of Electrons by a Laser in Free Space
UCLA physicists have demonstrated that an electron beam can be accelerated by a laser in free space. Accelerating a free electron with a laser has…
Development of Inkjet-Printable LC Lasers
Most lasers are made up of silicon wafers using expensive processes, similar to the ones used to make microprocessors. Scientists have designed a new way…
Fastest Laser Blast – 67 Quintillionths of a Second
Scientists have been able to generate the world’s fastest laser pulse with a beam shot for 67 attoseconds (0.000000000000000067 seconds). This breaks the previous record…
Twisting Affects Transmission Behavior of Photonic Crystal Fibers
Max Planck Institute scientists examined the transmission behavior of photonic crystal fibers when they were twisted, finding that the transmission of certain wavelengths becomes much…
Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Achieves World Record Performance
Nearing completion, the laser system of the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator delivered something that no other laser system has achieved, a petawatt of power in…
Physicists Generate Laser-Like Beams of X-Rays from a Tabletop Device
Physicists have generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, opening the door for devices that may be used by scientists to…
LCLS Analyzes Tiny Protein Crystals
By using the Linac Coherent Light Source at Stanford to analyzed tiny protein crystals, scientists demonstrated the potential of free-electron lasers for obtaining the structures…
LCLS Low-Energy Test Just Shy of the 284-Electronvolt Carbon Edge
A recent low energy test with SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source proved that the X-ray laser could dip more deeply into the so-called “water window,”…
Solid-State Laser for Military Applications Exceeds Initial Design Goals
Northrop Grumman successfully tested their next-generation high-energy, solid-state laser in the company’s Redondo Beach laboratory. The laser burned through the critical components of a target…
“Random Lasers” Reduce Noise and Improve Medical Imaging
Physicists from Yale University have engineered a “random laser” which they believe will improve both processing time and the clarity of the images from devices…
Laser Beams Used to Create Filament Paths Could Potentially Direct Lightning
Lasers beams have been used for the first time to trigger and divert lightning bolts. It was first postulated in the 1990s that lasers could…
Camera Uses Femtosecond Laser to See Around Corners
A new study shows that cameras of the future may know what’s around a corner before you do. By using a system much like a…