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
Read article: Table-top laser delivers intense extreme-ultraviolet light
High-speed nanoscale imaging should benefit from new instrument
Read article: Observing the weather on brown dwarfs, powerful laser puts matter under extreme conditions
This podcast celebrates the UNESCO International Day of Light
Read article: Free-space laser link beats the stability of optical clocks
Setting up links to satellites could create a global timing network, say researchers
Read article: Breakthrough in laser-cooling antihydrogen could reveal why matter dominates the universe
Device that produces required vacuum ultraviolet light is created at long last
Read article: Photonic crystal lasers deliver optimal performance for lidar sensing and laser processing
Photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers emit high-quality beams with high output power and narrow divergence
Read article: Laser ‘speed limit’ leaves defects in 3D-printed parts
Slow laser scans cause metal to form pores during laser powder bed fusion, leaving behind voids that weaken and degrade performance
Read article: Terahertz laser leaves the lab
New design reduces electron “leakage” in quantum cascade lasers and could bring terahertz imaging into wider use
