Optics: A step in time saves two
A technique that reduces the time to simulate the operation of active optical devices aids the design of nanoscale lasers.
Optics & Photonics
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Newly upgraded laser peers further into the extreme universe at SLAC's LCLS
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory recently upgraded a powerful optical laser system used to create shockwaves that generate high-pressure conditions like those found within planetary ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 17, 2017
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Using laser pulses to direct protons
Using ultrashort laser pulses an international team at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has managed to manipulate the positions of atoms in hydrocarbon molecules ...
Optics & Photonics
May 13, 2016
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Peering into plasma mirrors
When light interacts with a mirror which is moving towards it at a speed close to the speed of light, its wavelength is shifted into the extreme ultraviolet region of the spectrum. This effect was first predicted by Albert ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 25, 2019
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Fiber optic cable monitors microseismicity in Antarctica
At the Seismological Society of America's 2021 Annual Meeting, researchers shared how they are using fiber optic cable to detect the small earthquakes that occur in ice in Antarctica.
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2021
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Composite 2D materials for fiber lasers show promise for ultrafast optics applications
The formation of dissipative solitons is influenced by several factors, such as spectral filtering effects and Kerr nonlinear effects. This interaction leads to the possibility of mode locking over a wide range of parameters, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 20, 2023
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Temporal control of light echoes
Scientists at Paderborn University, the Technical University of Dortmund and the University of Würzburg have for the first time used laser pulses to precisely control photon echoes, which can occur when light waves superimpose ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 15, 2020
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Electrochemistry to benefit photonics: nanotubes can control laser pulses
An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Laboratory of Nanomaterials at the Skoltech Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials (CPQM) has shown that the nonlinear optical response of carbon nanotubes ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 10, 2019
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Few-cycle pulses break the 300 W barrier
A team led by researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen (LLG) and Active Fiber Systems (AFS) has generated multi-millijoule 3-cycle pulses ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 13, 2019
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A 'measure' advance for ultrashort laser light
The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai has pioneered a method to measure ultrahigh power, ultrashort laser pulses in a comprehensive manner. The paper reporting this has been published in the journal Optica.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 6, 2024
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