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
Read article: Gain medium gives a boost to sonic crystal ‘saser’
Focused beam of sound could find use in a host of applications, including medical imaging and non-destructive materials testing
Read article: Laser beams become visible in vacuum
New technique will make it easier to manipulate individual atoms in optical traps
Read article: Moiré superlattice makes magic-angle laser
Researchers create a completely new laser design based on a graphene-like structure
