Lasers Research update Lasers overcome the Lorentz force New approach could probe phenomena on attosecond timescales Read article: Lasers overcome the Lorentz force
Optical physics Research update Scientists bring light to sharpest focus Researchers create the smallest spot size ever with radially-polarized light.
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Photonic crystals boost semiconductor lasers Physicists in the US have made a new type of surface-emitting laser
Optical physics Research update Hollow fibre carries megawatt pulses Optical physicists have made a photonic-band gap fibre that can transmit megawatt pulses
Quantum optics Research update First light for one-atom laser Novel device pushes laser physics to the limit Read article: First light for one-atom laser
Quantum optics Research update Squeezed light breaks quantum barrier Physicists have made an ultra-precise laser pointer with squeezed beams of light
Ultrafast science Research update Lasers tackle radioactive waste Iodine-129, which has a half-life of 15.7 million years, has been transmuted into a lighter isotope with a half-life of just 25 minutes
Quantum optics Research update Fast and slow light made easy Superluminal light has been now been observed in a crystal at room temperature
Lasers Research update Dawn of the cantilaser A mechanical laser could pioneer nano-scale experiments
Lasers Research update Solar surgery makes progress Researchers have improved a surgical technique based on solar radiation Read article: Solar surgery makes progress