A North Carolina-based company has grown and harvested a ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) ...

At the bottom of the ocean, optical fibers transmit telecommunications and internet data around the world. Waveguides make ...

From precision machining to advanced microscopy, the demand for higher-power, ultrafast lasers continues to grow. Traditionally, researchers have relied on single-mode fibers to build these lasers, ...

Researchers in Span have developed a 3 × 3 low-concentrator photovoltaic (LCPV) receiver combining crossed compound parabolic ...

Since the invention of the first laser more than 60 years ago, laser technology has been harnessed for a wide range of applications. When compared with other electromechanical mediums, lasers offer ...

Is it time for space lasers yet? Almost. As time passes, ideas that were once confined to the realm of science fiction become more realistic. It's true of things like using robots to explore other ...

Drones have been a part of our lives for years now, and many industries are hard to imagine without them. They monitor crops, ...

The most powerful laser in the U.S. just fired up to full strength for its first official experiment—and it’s an absolute beast. Reading time 3 minutes The ZEUS laser, tucked away (as much as a giant ...