Building a better laser on the Moon
Ultrastable devices could be housed in dark lunar craters
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‘Einstein’s flying mirror’ technique opens a path towards extreme light intensities
New strategy could allow physicists to conduct previously impossible experiments in which light interacts directly with the quantum vacuum
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Rocket re-entry pollutes the upper atmosphere
Lidar measurements have detected a plume of lithium created by falling space debris from a rocket stage
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Shining laser light on a material produces subtle changes in its magnetic properties
New use for photolithography could have applications for data storage
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Laser-driven implosion could produce megatesla magnetic fields
Simulations of improved technique generate fields as strong as those found near neutron stars
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New metalaser is a laser researcher’s dream
Nanostructured lasing system creates arbitrarily-shaped wavefronts, making it possible to control laser emission at will
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New laser-plasma accelerator could soon deliver X-ray pulses
New design is more efficient at driving electrons
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Abnormal ‘Arnold’s tongue’ patterns appear in a real oscillating system
Ultrafast laser sheds new light on complex synchronization phenomena
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Simultaneous two- and three-photon imaging enables rapid cancer diagnosis
Portable multiphoton microscopy system uses femtosecond laser pulses to create pathology-quality diagnostic images
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New method recycles quantum dots used in microscopic lasers
Expensive and sometimes toxic elements can be reused in new devices
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