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Tag Archives: Lasers
EU Tech Push Boosts Ultrafast Laser Startups
Data centers and commercial demand complement EU support. Continue reading
Spectroscopy Technique Reveals Nanoscale Acoustic Waves
Imaging using extreme ultraviolet scattering shows that optical pulses can generate surface excitations with spectra that were previously difficult to achieve. Continue reading
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Tagged APS Physics, Lasers, Materials Sciences, Optics, Spectroscopy
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Peacock feathers can be lasers
Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom. Continue reading
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Tagged biology, Lasers, Optics, Photonics, Science Magazine
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The Forecast Is Cloudy, With a Chance of Dropped Packets
Weather-based models predict threats to laser communications links. Continue reading
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Tagged Communications, Electronics, IEEE Spectrum, Lasers, Meteorology, Optics
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A Laser Casts a Shadow
Through its interactions with a crystal, light becomes an opaque object—an effect that could be harnessed in applications. Continue reading
Finally, a Flexible Semiconductor-Based Green Laser
NIST researchers crack a decades-old compact laser challenge Continue reading
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Tagged Consumer electronics, IEEE Spectrum, Lasers, Semiconductors
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Crystallizing the Path Toward a Nuclear Clock
Researchers have made the most precise measurement to date of the excited nuclear state of thorium-229, a candidate isotope for an ultraprecise nuclear clock. Continue reading
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Reducing Persistence ofAntibiotic Resistance
A light-based technique can make bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, and it is nearing clinical trials. Continue reading
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How Lasers Could Build Heavy Elements
Laser-generated nucleosynthesis remains out of reach of present-day technology—but more powerful lasers could eventually make it possible. Continue reading
