Read article: Holographic plasma lenses could focus ultrahigh-intensity lasers
Holographic plasma lenses could focus ultrahigh-intensity lasers
Interference patterns create robust lenses, simulations suggest
Read article: Holographic plasma lenses could focus ultrahigh-intensity lasers
Read article: Ultrashort visible light pulses made easy
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
Breakthrough in laser-cooling antihydrogen could reveal why matter dominates the universe
Device that produces required vacuum ultraviolet light is created at long last
