Nobel prize recognizes optics researchers
Three physicists share the 2005 Nobel prize for their work in optics
New look for laser accelerators
Vacuum device demonstrates its potential
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A giant leap for nanodroplets
Experiment with gold droplets on carbon surface could have widespread applications
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A cold twist on the Hanbury Brown Twiss effect
Physicists discover classic effect in ultracold quantum gases
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Surfaces have built-in “fingerprints”
Laser-based technique could replace existing security measures such as holograms
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Plasma accelerators move on
Lasers take electrons to record energies for table-top devices
Lens makers go flat out
Polymers offer new way to make variable focus devices
Laser pioneer scoops religion prize
Charles Townes wins Templeton prize for examining the boundaries between science and religion
New look for classic experiment
Lasers create double slits in time not space
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Optics enters the single-cycle regime
Laser physicists generate shortest ever pulse
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