Self-organizing lasers could pave the way towards new functional materials for sensing, light-based computing and smart displays
Read article: Self-assembling microlaser adapts to its environment
Photonic crystal with Dirac point suppresses higher-order modes
Read article: New semiconductor laser delivers high power at a single frequency
Physicists at QinetiQ are developing systems that combine and control high-energy laser beams to provide a powerful and cost-effective countermeasure against drones and other uncrewed objects
Read article: High-power lasers promise new defence strategy
With the acquisition of VALO Innovations in the final quarter of last year, HÜBNER Photonics has added ultrashort-pulse fibre lasers to an already diverse product offering
Read article: Femtosecond fibre lasers get ready to shine as HÜBNER Photonics eyes ultrafast markets
Interference patterns create robust lenses, simulations suggest
Read article: Holographic plasma lenses could focus ultrahigh-intensity lasers
New method uses a commercially available laser system to generate femtosecond pulses of visible light
Read article: Ultrashort visible light pulses made easy
Array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) behaves as a single coherent light source
Read article: Topological insulator design makes 30 lasers emit as one
Focused beam of sound could find use in a host of applications, including medical imaging and non-destructive materials testing
Read article: Gain medium gives a boost to sonic crystal ‘saser’
New technique will make it easier to manipulate individual atoms in optical traps
Read article: Laser beams become visible in vacuum
Researchers create a completely new laser design based on a graphene-like structure
Read article: Moiré superlattice makes magic-angle laser
