New method recycles quantum dots used in microscopic lasers
Expensive and sometimes toxic elements can be reused in new devices
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Read article: New method recycles quantum dots used in microscopic lasers
New on-chip laser fills long sought-after green gap
Devices will be important for applications in quantum sensing and computing, biology, underwater communications and display technologies
Read article: New on-chip laser fills long sought-after green gap
New titanium:sapphire laser is tiny, low-cost and tuneable
Energy efficient and integrated device is pumped by an LED
Read article: New titanium:sapphire laser is tiny, low-cost and tuneable
Laser-driven accelerator benefits from clever use of light pulses
Protons were driven to 150 MeV, 50% higher than previous record
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Laser light makes a material magnetic
Researchers demonstrate a new way to induce a relatively large magnetic moment in room-temperature materials
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Could lasers synthesize heavy elements produced in neutron-star mergers?
For the moment, the answer is "no", but a new study suggests next-generation neutron sources could do the job
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Soap bubbles transform into lasers
Laser wavelengths depend on bubble's size, paving the way for bubble-laser-based sensors of pressure or ambient electric field
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Dark solitons spotted in ring semiconductor lasers
Discovery could boost molecular spectroscopy and integrated optoelectronics
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Ultrafast laser-based electron beam could help explore radiobiology of the FLASH effect
A femtosecond infrared laser tightly focused in ambient air generates a high-dose-rate MeV electron beam
Read article: Ultrafast laser-based electron beam could help explore radiobiology of the FLASH effect
Frequency comb identifies molecules every 20 nanoseconds
New laser-based system can resolve processes occurring on the nanosecond timescale
Read article: Frequency comb identifies molecules every 20 nanoseconds
