News tagged with laser power meter

New Nanotube Coating Enables Novel Laser Power Meter

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. military can now calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily thanks to a novel nanotube-coated power measurement ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Everyone knows it's windy . . .

... And now they have the data to prove it.  The middle of Lake Michigan is a vast, untapped reservoir of wind energy. The next step will be to find out if it can be harvested economically without harming ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Engineer thinks we could build a real starship enterprise in 20 years

In Star Trek lore, the first Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today, an engineer has proposed — and outlined in meticulous detail – building a full-sized, ion-powered version ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (49) | comments 74

Researchers develop disposable paper-based touch pads

(Phys.org) -- Today, electronic touch pads are widely found on laptops, tablets, and other computing devices. Less common uses, but gaining in popularity, are book covers and food labels. These and other low-tech ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Inventor preps robot to cut through ice on Europa

(Phys.org) -- Robots are being developed all the time to do what we wish and to go where we can’t. This week, inventor Bill Stone told attendees at NASA’s Astrobiology Science Conference in Atlanta ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 52 | with audio podcast weblog

APEX: At the forefront of what's needed for the next generation of light sources

(PhysOrg.com) -- The focus of Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Photon Injector Experiment, APEX, is an extraordinary electron gun specially designed for the front end of superconducting accelerators. When it’s ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Laser lightning rod: Guiding bursts of electricity with a flash of light

Lightning is a fascinating but dangerous atmospheric phenomenon. New research reveals that brief bursts of intense laser light can redirect these high-power electrical discharges.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

'Holey Optochip' first to transfer one trillion bits of information per second using the power of light

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists today will report on a prototype optical chipset, dubbed “Holey Optochip”, that is the first parallel optical transceiver to transfer one trillion bits – one ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Powerful new astronomy tool arrives on Mauna Kea

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10,000-pound package was delivered on Feb. 16 to the W. M. Keck Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea. Inside is a powerful new scientific instrument that will dramatically increase the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Progress and promise in DIAL LIDAR

For climatologists and environmental policy makers who need to determine the flux of greenhouse gases (GHG), there are three paramount questions: Where is it, how much is there, and how is it moving? A new ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Power generation is blowing in the wind

(PhysOrg.com) -- By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast


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