The advent of ultrahigh-power femtosecond lasers creates a need for an entirely new class of optical components based on plasmas. The most promising of these are known as plasma mirrors, formed when ...

The challenges faced by researchers in modifying properties of nanomaterials for application in devices may be addressed by a simple technique, thanks to recent innovative studies conducted by ...

The surface of a material often has properties that are very different from the properties within the material. For example, a non-conducting crystal, which actually exhibits no magnetism, can show ...

Quantum optics scientists and engineers are striving to harness the properties of small packets of light called photons to improve communications and computational devices. Vital to these efforts is ...

Just as flicking on a flashlight reveals the objects in a dark room, pointing a laser at a cloud of gas can reveal a lot about the atoms and molecules floating in it. Zhili Zhang, a B. Ray Thompson ...

This Saturday, May 16, is the 60th anniversary of the first working laser, achieved by Theodore Maiman at Hughes Labs in 1960. At the time, one of Maiman’s colleagues, Irnee d’Haenens, famously dubbed ...

The article reviews laser processing methods that enhance micro-LED displays, addressing optical challenges and improving ...

The ‘Vulcan 20-20 laser’ is being built at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Central Laser Facility (CLF) in Oxfordshire (Picture:Fisher Studios) The UK is set to build the world’s ...