Free Electrons Successfully Accelerated by Laser
A research done in Brookhaven National Laboratory has proven that an electron beam can be effectively accelerated by a laser in free space. This potentially momentous achievement in solid-state physics...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest KrF Gas Laser Focused on Fusion
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have successfully demonstrated pulse tailoring, producing a time varying focal spot size known as ‘focal zooming’ on the world’s largest operating...
View ArticleShips With Laser Beams Require New Power Systems
Recently the U.S. Navy announced that it is preparing to deploy a new ship-mounted laser weapon that can disable a hostile boat and even destroy a surveillance drone overhead. This innovation makes the...
View ArticleScientists Detect Methane Emissions With Laser
Researchers at the University of Adelaide are developing a new kind of laser system that will monitor methane, a potent greenhouse gas and the main component of natural gas, levels across large areas....
View ArticlePerovskite Solar Cell Doubles as Laser
Earlier this month we reported on a new perovskite solar cell that can also work as a light panel. Now, researchers from Professor Sir Richard Friend’s group at Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory—working...
View ArticleBMW Explains Its Laser Headlight Technology
BMW Laserlights laser headlight technology will be celebrating its world premiere as of autumn 2014. This efficient light source is arriving on the roads in a production car for the first time to...
View ArticleScientist Control Molecular Vibrations to Produce Hydrogen
The reaction that converts methane into hydrogen requires water and a catalyst. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, have used a novel laser...
View ArticleLaser Generates Artificial Sunlight to Test Solar Cells
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser-based instrument that generates artificial sunlight to help test solar cell properties and find ways to...
View ArticleLaser Helps Understand Inner Workings of Solar Panels
Believe it or not we don’t totally understand how solar cells work, particularly organic thin-film photovoltaics. But scientists Canada, London and Cyprus have recently used lasers to shed some light...
View ArticleLaser Helps Channel Electricity Through Air
Researchers at the University of Arizona have created a column of plasma in the air between two electrodes using a femtosecond laser. By zapping the air with a pair of powerful laser bursts,...
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