ETH physicists have developed the first high-repetition-rate laser source that produces coherent soft x-rays spanning…
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Lasers, an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, are devices that emit highly focused, coherent beams of light with a wide range of applications across science, technology, medicine, and industry. By exciting atoms or molecules to higher energy states and then stimulating them to emit light in a precise and synchronized manner, lasers produce intense beams that can be finely controlled. Their unique properties make them essential tools in everything from precision manufacturing and optical communications to surgery and fundamental physics research. As laser technology continues to advance, it plays an increasingly vital role in cutting-edge fields like quantum computing, spectroscopy, and space exploration.
An innovative technology used to align the components of accelerators is breaking through into the…
By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to…
Lasers grown on microelectronics-compatible silicon are important step toward low-cost, smart, integrated mid-infrared photonic sensors.…
Researchers have generated a wide range of colors from a single laser after discovering a…
Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, with colleagues from Poland…
Utilizing relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a…
A new, extremely efficient source of terahertz radiation has been developed at TU Wien (Vienna):…
Nagoya University researchers say they have designed a laser diode that emits the shortest-wavelength ultraviolet…
Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes…
Calculations by University of California Riverside’s Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid helium.…
Scientists invent a way to see attosecond electron motions with an X-ray laser. Called XLEAP,…
New terahertz frequency laser opens up large, underused region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The terahertz…
Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas: Device may enable “T-ray vision” and better wireless…
With the demonstration of a sub-picosecond thin-disk laser oscillator delivering a record-high 350-W average output…
Using light to generate order in an exotic material: Physics experiment with ultrafast laser pulses…
Discovering ways to control the topological aspects of quantum materials is an important research frontier…
Technology offers high-speed, high-quality printing that could be useful for architecture models, fine art, exhibits,…