Read article: Defect suppression enables continuous-wave deep-UV lasing at room temperature
The first room-temperature continuous operation deep-UV laser diode could be used in novel sterilization systems and high-definition material processing
Read article: Laser pioneer Margaret Murnane bags 2022 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Murnane and colleagues developed tabletop X-ray lasers
Read article: Start-up company aims to build laser-driven particle accelerators
In this podcast we also chat about physicists who have won non-physics Nobel prizes
Read article: Self-assembling microlaser adapts to its environment
Self-organizing lasers could pave the way towards new functional materials for sensing, light-based computing and smart displays
Read article: New semiconductor laser delivers high power at a single frequency
Photonic crystal with Dirac point suppresses higher-order modes
Read article: High-power lasers promise new defence strategy
Physicists at QinetiQ are developing systems that combine and control high-energy laser beams to provide a powerful and cost-effective countermeasure against drones and other uncrewed objects
Read article: Femtosecond fibre lasers get ready to shine as HÜBNER Photonics eyes ultrafast markets
With the acquisition of VALO Innovations in the final quarter of last year, HÜBNER Photonics has added ultrashort-pulse fibre lasers to an already diverse product offering
Read article: Holographic plasma lenses could focus ultrahigh-intensity lasers
Interference patterns create robust lenses, simulations suggest
Read article: Ultrashort visible light pulses made easy
New method uses a commercially available laser system to generate femtosecond pulses of visible light
Read article: Topological insulator design makes 30 lasers emit as one
Array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) behaves as a single coherent light source
