Laser News
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An INRS Research Team Pushes Back The Boundaries Of High-Energy Laser Pulses
11/20/2020
Using the Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) facility, the research team of Professor François Légaré of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has pushed back the boundaries of high-energy pulse propagation in a nonlinear medium through the observation of high-energy multidimensional solitary states (MDSS).
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Nonlinear Ionization Dynamics Of Hot Dense Plasma Observed In A Laser-Plasma Amplifier
11/19/2020
The last decade has been marked by a series of remarkable discoveries identifying how the universe is composed. It is understood that the mysterious substance dark matter makes up 85 % of the matter in the universe.
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LightForce Launches New 25W Therapy Laser
11/19/2020
LightForce Therapy Lasers recently announced the launch of its newest laser, the 25W LightForce XPi, which allows clinicians to treat with greater accuracy, providing more consistent outcomes for patients.
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Breaking The Power & Speed Limit Of Lasers
11/19/2020
Researchers at the George Washington University have developed a new design of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) that demonstrates record-fast temporal bandwidth. This was possible by combining multiple transverse coupled cavities, which enhances optical feedback of the laser.
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Excelitas Technologies Introduces Generation 2 905 nm High-Volume Pulsed Semiconductor Laser Diode For Range Finding And Industrial LiDAR
11/17/2020
Excelitas Technologies Corp., a global technology leader delivering innovative, customized photonic solutions, today introduced its enhanced Generation 2 905 nm High-Volume Pulsed Semiconductor Laser Diode.
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Ultrashort Pulse Lasers For Large Components
10/9/2020
A paradigm shift is underway in manufacturing. A research team with staff from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen on its roster has broken new ground by using numerous laser beams as tools to structure surfaces.
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An Electrical Trigger Fires Single, Identical Photons
10/8/2020
Secure telecommunications networks and rapid information processing make much of modern life possible. To provide more secure, faster, and higher-performance information sharing than is currently possible, scientists and engineers are designing next-generation devices that harness the rules of quantum physics.
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Light Swirls Magnetization - Laser Light Pulses Enable Faster Generation Of Skyrmions In Magnets
10/5/2020
The researchers have clarified how the topology of the magnetic system changes in the process. As they report in the journal Nature Materials, the results offer fundamental insights into topological phase transitions and inspire new ideas on how magnetic skyrmions can be used for information technology.
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SLAC Researchers Find Evidence For Quantum Fluctuations Near A Quantum Critical Point In A Superconductor
8/31/2020
Among all the curious states of matter that can coexist in a quantum material, jostling for preeminence as temperature, electron density and other factors change, some scientists think a particularly weird juxtaposition exists at a single intersection of factors, called the quantum critical point or QCP.
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Tiny Circuits, Long Distances: Smaller Light Processing Devices For Fiber-Optic Communication
8/28/2020
Optical signals produced by laser sources are extensively used in fiber-optic communications, which work by pulsing information packaged as light through cables, even at great distances, from a transmitter to a receiver.