A Structured Laser Beam

11th February 2019 by Leave a Comment

New approach at CERN to produce beams that are almost non-diffractive

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Analyzing the Lasing Threshold of Nanolasers

7th February 2019 by Leave a Comment

Systematic study of the second-order coherence properties of metal-semiconductor nanolasers

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Brief Reflections from a Plasma Mirror

7th December 2018 by Leave a Comment

Plasmas consisting of relativistic electrons are used to generate highly intense attosecond laser pulses

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Narrowing the Spectrum of Diode Lasers

7th November 2018 by Leave a Comment

A useful replacement for the more complex single-frequency lasers is possible

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A Cloud-Piercing Laser

25th October 2018 by Leave a Comment

An ultra-hot laser creates a temporary hole in a cloud to improve optical communication

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A New Optical Fiber Electron Gun

11th October 2018 by Leave a Comment

Ultrabright electron sources to light up atomic motions in real time

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New Method for Ultrafast Laser Pulses

28th September 2018 by Leave a Comment

The electro-optic modulation techniques can operate at much higher repetition rates than mode-locked lasers

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Precision Imaging Through Flames

13th August 2018 by Leave a Comment

A laser detection and ranging system can see 3D-objects melting in fires

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Continuously Emitting Microlasers

20th June 2018 by Leave a Comment

A new energy-looping excitation mechanism in lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles

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Single Microcomb Replaces Multiple Lasers

13th June 2018 by Leave a Comment

First coherent-transmission experiments using amplitude modulation of a dark-pulse comb

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