Nobel-winning laser discoveries that lit up the field
Three scientists shared the 2018 Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their work that has "revolutionised" the field of laser physics.
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'Optical rocket' created with intense laser light
In a recent experiment at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, plasma electrons in the paths of intense laser light pulses were almost instantly accelerated close to the speed of light.
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Sep 14, 2018
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Could a particle accelerator using laser-driven implosion become a reality?
Laser pulse compression technology invented in the late 1980s resulted in high-power, short-pulse laser techniques, enhancing laser intensity 10 million-fold in a quarter of a century.
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May 24, 2018
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Table top plasma gets wind of solar turbulence
Scientists from India and Portugal recreated solar turbulence on a tabletop using a high intensity ultrashort laser pulse to excite a hot, dense plasma and followed the evolution of the giant magnetic field generated by the ...
Plasma Physics
Jun 30, 2017
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Researchers develop surprising technique for ultrashort laser pulses
Pulse lasers built entirely on optical fibers are increasingly used by industry. Optical scientists from the Warsaw Laser Centre of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 24, 2017
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Unified time and frequency picture of ultrafast atomic excitation in strong fields
The insight that light sometimes needs to be treated as an electromagnetic wave and sometimes as a stream of energy quanta called photons is as old as quantum physics. In the case of interaction of strong laser fields with ...
General Physics
Jan 31, 2017
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New laser scanning test to assess fire-damaged concrete
Engineering research at The University of Nottingham, UK and Ningbo, China (UNNC) has found laser scanning is a new and viable structural safety technique to detect the damaging effects of fire on concrete.
Engineering
Dec 12, 2016
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Diffraction-controlled laser-driven proton acceleration
A targeted way to manipulate beams of protons accelerated using ultrashort and ultraintense laser pulses has been demonstrated by a team of researchers led at the University of Strathclyde.
General Physics
Sep 14, 2016
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Catching proteins in the act
Some of the fastest processes in our body run their course in proteins activated by light. The protein rhodopsin sees to it that our eyes can rapidly take in their ever-changing surroundings. Free-electron X-ray lasers such ...
General Physics
Aug 23, 2016
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New twists in the diffraction of intense laser light
A discovery by University of Strathclyde researchers could have a major impact on advancing smaller, cheaper, laser-driven particle accelerators – and their potential applications.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 12, 2016
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