Scientists from MIPT and their colleagues have developed a compact and powerful ceramic-based laser with applications in minimally traumatic and inexpensive laser surgical scalpels, and also for cutting and engraving composite ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 20, 2016
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A research group at Tohoku University's WPI-AIMR has succeeded in finding the origin and the mechanism of ferromagnetism in Mn-doped GaAs. The discovery is significant as it will accelerate the development of the spintronic ...
General Physics
Jun 7, 2016
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A group of researchers from the UK, including academics from Cardiff University, has demonstrated the first practical laser that has been grown directly on a silicon substrate.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 7, 2016
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University of Wollongong physicists have discovered novel behaviours of materials that could enhance telecommunications technology.
Nanophysics
Nov 23, 2015
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Pioneering new research by the University of Exeter could pave the way for miniaturised optical circuits and increased internet speeds, by helping accelerate the 'graphene revolution'.
Nanophysics
Nov 16, 2015
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The Czech Republic is opening a new scientific center that will include what officials call the world's most powerful laser device.
General Physics
Oct 19, 2015
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Wide-gap semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN) are widely used for optical devices such as blue LED and are also anticipated as materials for next-generation energy saving power devices and solar cells. However, the ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 7, 2015
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A new process for cutting silicon wafers could streamline the production of smaller and more powerful microchips for electronic devices.
Optics & Photonics
May 20, 2015
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Bathymetric lidars – devices that employ powerful lasers to scan beneath the water's surface – are used today primarily to map coastal waters. At nearly 600 pounds, the systems are large and heavy, and they require costly, ...
Engineering
Dec 4, 2014
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(Phys.org) —In a recent experiment at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), scientists "tickled" atoms to explore the flow of heat and energy across materials at ultrasmall scales. The experiment, detailed ...
General Physics
May 15, 2014
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