Multi-wavelength light sources are required for optical transceivers to increase data. However, scaling the laser array size ...

Synthetic crystal can withstand hundreds of megawatts of laser power and produce far-reaching infrared beams capable of ...

The newly manufactured BGSe crystal, measuring 60 millimeters in diameter, is capable of converting short-wave infrared ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin's School of Engineering have built a powerful new machine that lets us watch ...

In many setups, large-format cutting machines have tables spanning literally hundreds of feet. An enclosure and gantry ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have pulled off a laser first: they built a new kind of eye-safe laser that works ...

The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...

A school gym-sized facility tucked away at the University of Michigan is quietly pushing the boundaries of what lasers can do. Known as ZEUS—short for Zettawatt Equivalent Ultrashort laser pulse ...

NKT’s announcement stated, “This achievement, conducted with NASA/JPL’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) demonstrator ...

A powerful new technique harnesses swirling plasma inside laser-blasted microtubes to produce record-breaking magnetic fields—rivaling those near neutron stars—all within a compact laboratory setup.

When is a laser weapon not a weapon? When it's the ASELSAN YILDIRIM 100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) System that ...