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Optics & Photonics Jun 26, 2025

Scientists develop new technique for capturing ultra-intense laser pulses in a single shot

Scientists at the University of Oxford have unveiled a pioneering method for capturing the full structure of ultra-intense laser pulses in a single measurement. The breakthrough, published in close collaboration with Ludwig-Maximilian ...

Biotechnology Jun 25, 2025

Lasers match common herbicides at zapping East Coast weeds

Shooting lasers at foes is the stuff of science fiction, but now, a few farmers are fighting one of their greatest nemeses with a new technology—laser weeders.

Optics & Photonics Jun 24, 2025

Affordable laser could be mass-produced for use in self-driving cars and fiber optics

Laser technology is used in many areas, where precise measurements are required and in communication. This means that they are important for everything from self-driving cars to the fiber optic internet and for detecting ...

Space Exploration Jun 24, 2025

Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.

Optics & Photonics Jun 18, 2025

Improved laser frequency stabilization achieved with unprecedented long optical reference cavity

Scientists at NPL recently published findings on laser frequency stabilization, demonstrating an unprecedented level of performance using an optical reference cavity. This advancement features a beyond state-of-the-art optical ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 17, 2025

Next leap in mode-locked lasers: Tunable pulse duration in ultranarrow bandwidth

Lasers have widespread applications as a light source in a variety of fields, including manufacturing, medicine, high-speed communications, electronics, and scientific research.

Ecology Jun 14, 2025

Space lasers, AI used by geospatial scientist to measure forest biomass

Satellite data used by archaeologists to find traces of ancient ruins hidden under dense forest canopies can also be used to improve the speed and accuracy to measure how much carbon is retained and released in forests.

Optics & Photonics Jun 11, 2025

Iodine-stabilized single-longitudinal-mode laser enhances atmospheric sensing and environmental monitoring

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Tianshu at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a compact all-solid-state continuous-wave (CW) single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser with ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 9, 2025

First surface-emitting laser using quantum dots targets optical fiber communications

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan, in collaboration with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony), has developed the world's first practical surface-emitting laser that employs ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 5, 2025

Quantum state lifetimes extended by laser-triggered electron tunneling in cuprate ladders

Quantum materials exhibit remarkable emergent properties when they are excited by external sources. Functional applications of these properties rely heavily on their tunability in real time. However, these excited states ...

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