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First-of-its-kind metalens can focus extreme ultraviolet light

Nanofabrication technique, using holes to create vacuum guides, breaks a barrier in optics

High-performance Visible-light Lasers that Fit on a Fingertip

In a significant advance for impactful technologies such as quantum optics and laser displays for AR/VR, Columbia Engineering’s Lipson Nanophotonics Group has invented the first tunable and narrow linewidth chip-scale lasers for visible wavelengths shorter than red.

Joining Forces: Fast-as-lightning 3D Microprinting with Two Lasers

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "3D Matter Made to Order" Print Microstructures by Crossing Red and Blue Laser Beams - Publication in Nature Photonics

First light soon at the most powerful laser in the US

The ZEUS laser at the University of Michigan has begun its commissioning experiments

New on-chip frequency comb is 100x more efficient

Device opens the door to applications in optical communications, sensing, and the search for exoplanets

What is Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) in Composites Manufacturing?

Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) is an additive manufacturing process that has three different inputs: fiber/polymer tape, heat, and pressure. This technology aims to replace manual workers in composites manufacturing with better productivity and less material waste.

Researchers Discover New Properties of Metasurfaces Thanks to Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

A group of researchers from ITMO University, the Australian National University, and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) has for the first time demonstrated effective generation of higher harmonics in silicon metasurfaces.

Closer to the perfect laser

Ultra-precise lasers can be used for optical atomic clocks, quantum computers, power cable monitoring, and much more. But all lasers make noise, which researchers from DTU Fotonik want to minimize using machine learning.

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Podcast: 3D Printed Cochlear Implants

In this episode, we talk about how a breakthrough with compact laser nano-printers can make them more accessible for researchers and how leveraging 3D printing technology and machine learning will provide essential insight for developing next-gen cochlear implants.

IT security: computer attacks with laser light

LaserShark: KIT researchers investigate hidden communication via optical channels - data can be transmitted to light-emitting diodes already built into devices

NASA Provides Laser for LISA Mission

Finding the biggest collisions in the universe takes time, patience, and super steady lasers.

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Podcast: The Solar Panel That Broke The World Record

In this episode, we talk about how Australian National University researchers broke the world record for solar cell efficiency and a new AI-powered device coming out of MIT that can help you determine if the material you want to use for laser cutting is safe + what settings to use.