Plasma mirrors capable of withstanding the intensity of powerful lasers are being designed through an emerging machine ...

Xcimer Energy announced today that its researchers and collaborators have removed a major scientific bottleneck to commercializing laser fusion energy by experimentally validating a long-overlooked ...

A team of engineers and scientists has shown for the first time that a hard-X-ray cavity can provide net X-ray gain, with ...

Lucian Hand argues that physicists’ multi-disciplinary training makes them ideally suited for a career in the laser industry, where the challenges and opportunities vary almost daily (Courtesy: UAB ...

Using a state-of-the-art laser-assisted diamond-machining system, ULO Optics and LBP Optics are developing a unique class of lenses to fine-tune the laser-cutting process for industrial steels Laser ...

Ultra-intense ultrashort lasers are powerful tools used in various fields like physics, national security, industry, and healthcare. They help researchers delve into strong-field laser physics, ...

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Sheffield University, U.K. "Novel design of a dual-wavelength mid-infrared KTA-based optical parametric oscillator for urban methane monitoring in an integrated ...

Dr. Kulikov became a part of the Department of Physics in 2022. Prior to that, he earned his Ph.D. in Physics (with a focus on Applied Optics) from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2011 and began ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

A bit over 25 years ago ago, probably late 1991 or very early 1992, when I was a still a student at Williams, I saw a talk by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and was absolutely blown away. He explained the ...