NASA’s DSOC experiment, aboard the Psyche spacecraft, has successfully demonstrated the farthest-ever optical communication using a near-infrared laser from 10 million miles away. This milestone,…
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Researchers have developed a novel deep-learning method that simplifies the creation of holograms, allowing 3D images to be generated directly from 2D photos captured with…
Earth’s lower orbit is filling up with junk that poses a threat to space assets. New West Virginia University research explores whether space-based lasers can…
EPFL researchers have developed a novel method for laser ranging using chaotic frequency combs in optical microresonators, promising advances in optical ranging and communication technologies.…
A laser light beam passes between a loudspeaker-reflector array that creates a grating of air. The laser beam interacts with this grating and is deflected…
An intense laser pulse (in red) hits a flow of water molecules, inducing an ultrafast dynamics of the electrons in the liquid. Credit: Joerg M.…
An intense laser pulse (in red) hits a flow of water molecules, inducing an ultrafast dynamics of the electrons in the liquid. Credit: Joerg M.…
Researchers at KAUST have made strides in the realm of renewable energy storage by utilizing laser pulses to improve MXene, an electrode material. Traditional MXene…
Combining two techniques, researchers have unveiled the crucial role of ‘coherence’ in molecular reactions, paving the way for advanced control of molecular dynamics. An illustration…
The study was only made possible by the new laser laboratories in the ZEMOS research building, where all external interference signals are minimized. Credit: RUB,…
Illustration of a chaotic-cavity surface-emitting laser array. This new class of laser array combines the advantages of chaotic cavities and the surface-emission configuration to enable…
Diagram illustrates the way two laser beams of slightly different wavelengths can affect the electric fields surrounding an atomic nucleus, pushing against this field in…
An artist’s rendering of a fullerene switch with incoming electron and incident red laser light pulses. Credit: 2023 Yanagisawa et al. A unique carbon molecule…
Illustration of the ultrafast LS-CUP laser camera that captures what happens during combustion. Credit: Yogeshwar Nath Mishra and Peng Wang By illuminating a sample surface…
A laser is sent down a UMD hallway in an experiment to corral light as it makes a 45-meter journey. Credit: Intense Laser-Matter Interactions Lab,…
A magnetic material is exposed to two laser beams whose electric fields turn in opposite directions. The material scatters back the light. If there is…
Screenshot from NASA’s Conceptual Image Lab on “Magnetic Reconnection Throughout the Solar System.” Magnetic reconnection occurs when anti-parallel magnetic fields—in this case, found in solar…
By using a Ti:Sapphire laser and a mid-infrared free-electron laser (MIR-FEL) to structure silicon, scientists have demonstrated how laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) varies depending…
A NASA image of plasma bursting from the sun. Plasma—a hot soup of atoms with free-moving electrons and ions—is the most abundant form of matter…
Scientists at the LOA (Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée) in France have achieved a breakthrough by successfully driving a plasma mirror at a rate of 1,000 shots…