Free-space laser link beats the stability of optical clocks
Setting up links to satellites could create a global timing network, say researchers
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Breakthrough in laser-cooling antihydrogen could reveal why matter dominates the universe
Device that produces required vacuum ultraviolet light is created at long last
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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
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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
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Terahertz laser leaves the lab
New design reduces electron “leakage” in quantum cascade lasers and could bring terahertz imaging into wider use
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Microchip produces laser light of different colours
Nonlinear material exploits third-order optical parametric oscillation
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Triplet control prevents ‘lasing death’ in perovskite lasers
Suppressing long-lived triplet excitons enables devices made from quasi-2D organic–inorganic material to continue lasing for over an hour
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Industrial lasers generate attosecond light pulses
New work could bring ultrafast science capabilities to users outside major laser facilities
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Two new frequency combs could boost telecoms and molecular fingerprinting
One is low-cost, yet very stable, while the other uses a surprising new mechanism
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Femtosecond photonics: precision meets robustness
By leveraging innovations in ultrastable lasers, accurate phase detection and timing synchronization, Menlo Systems’ femtosecond fibre lasers provide a core enabling technology for large-scale resea...
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