The emergence of ultrafast laser pulse generation, marking a significant milestone in laser science, has triggered incredible progress across a wide array of disciplines, encompassing industrial ...

The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the U.S. with its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 quadrillion watts). At more ...

Scientists at the University of Oxford have unveiled a pioneering method for capturing the full structure of ultra-intense laser pulses in a single measurement. The breakthrough, published in close ...

Next-generation technology requires next-generation materials that can be tailored to exact mission requirements. Additive ...

Engineers have created a device that generates incredibly tiny, earthquake-like vibrations on a microchip—and it could ...

The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) recently welcomed a European delegation from the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), marking a significant milestone in strengthening ...

The US has a new most powerful laser – creating more than 100 times the global electricity power output. The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has roughly doubled the peak power of any ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Deep beneath the surface in a quiet corner of the basement of the Physics, Math and Astronomy building of the University of Texas at Austin, lasers blast electronics with simulated ...

A school gym-sized facility tucked away at the University of Michigan is quietly pushing the boundaries of what lasers can do. Known as ZEUS—short for Zettawatt Equivalent Ultrashort laser pulse ...

Researchers use laser treatments to transform ordinary cork into a powerful tool for treating oil spills. They tested variations of a fast-pulsing laser treatment, closely examining the nanoscopic ...