Moiré superlattice makes magic-angle laser
Researchers create a completely new laser design based on a graphene-like structure
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Table-top laser delivers intense extreme-ultraviolet light
High-speed nanoscale imaging should benefit from new instrument
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Observing the weather on brown dwarfs, powerful laser puts matter under extreme conditions
This podcast celebrates the UNESCO International Day of Light
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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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