Lasers Research update Physicists stop forgers in their tracks Holographic approach reveals tiny differences in handwriting Read article: Physicists stop forgers in their tracks
Lasers Research update US team breaks power density record Researchers create a focused laser spot with the highest intensity to date
Lasers Research update Femtosecond lasers aid frequency standards fs lasers could help in next-generation optical frequency standards
Ultrafast science Research update Making atoms cooler Cavity increases laser cooling rate by a factor of five Read article: Making atoms cooler
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