Researchers have taken a decisive step toward creating ultrafast computers. A long-standing quest for science and technology has been to create electronics and information processing…
The new facility, LCLS-II, will soon sharpen our view of how nature works on ultrasmall, ultrafast scales, impacting everything from quantum devices to clean energy….
Simulating complex scientific models on the computer or processing large volumes of data such as editing video material takes considerable computing power and time. Researchers…
Scientists discover that triggering superconductivity with a flash of light involves the same fundamental physics that are at work in the more stable states needed…
Lasers Trigger Magnetism in Atomically Thin Quantum Materials Researchers have discovered that light — in the form of a laser — can trigger a form…
A laser compressing an aluminum crystal provides a clearer view of a material’s plastic deformation, potentially leading to the design of stronger nuclear fusion materials…
INRS researchers and international partners have succeeded in looking at spin inside rare earth materials, using a tabletop ultrafast soft-X-ray microscope, for the first time….
Researcher at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new way to create nano-sized magnetic particles using ultrafast laser light pulses. The revelation could pave…
For all the recent advances in integrated lithium niobate photonic circuits — from frequency combs to frequency converters and modulators — one big component has…
The MeerKAT telescope in South Africa has discovered a strong radio-wave laser known as a ‘megamaser.’ At nearly five billion light-years from Earth, the record-breaking…
Semiconductor electronics is getting faster and faster — but at some point, physics no longer permits any increase. The shortest possible time scale of optoelectronic…
Findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets. Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas have discovered a new form of…
Modeling High-Harmonic Generation Without Resorting to Perturbation Theory An advanced mathematical model that can describe high-energy interactions between light and matter has been developed by…
Irradiation with fast protons is a more effective and less invasive cancer treatment than X-rays. However, modern proton therapy requires large particle accelerators, which has…
X-ray laser experiments show that intense light distorts the structure of a thermoelectric material in a unique way, opening a new avenue for controlling the…
An international study, published in ACS Nano, has demonstrated an unprecedented level of control of the optical properties of graphene. The work has promising applications…
Space travel can be agonizingly slow: For example, the New Horizons probe took almost 10 years to reach Pluto. Traveling to Proxima Centauri b, the…
First experimental realization of energetic ions driven by intense laser irradiating the world’s thinnest and strongest target. Laser-driven ion acceleration has been studied to develop…
