Laser-driven ion acceleration in plasma is being proposed as a source of ion beams with a high peak current that can be useful in many fields of science and medicine. Using this method, high proton ...

Why Palantir and Elbit are top plays in the booming counterdrone market.

Kim Budil is an American physicist. She has been director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2021 and is the ...

The attosecond pulse 1,2,3, currently the shortest event attainable and controllable by mankind, unlocks previously inaccessible capability to probe the microcosm. The ability to directly investigate ...

nLIGHT (LASR) shares had surged 13% by mid-morning market action on Monday as the company prepares to unveil its high-energy laser weapon solutions at the Pacific Operational Science & Technology ...

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 ...

IPG Photonics Corporation has unveiled a new line of high-power lasers based on a rack-integrated platform, designed to enhance manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs. These new lasers, showcased ...

NTT Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) conducted an optical wireless power transmission experiment using a laser beam to wirelessly transmit energy over a distance of one kilometer. By ...

The next frontier in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is all about keeping these aircraft fueled indefinitely. If we can crack it, drones could stay in the air longer, avoid landing to ...

What if you held in your hand a device so powerful it could ignite wood in seconds, melt metals with ease, and even create synthetic rubies? The world’s strongest handheld laser, boasting a staggering ...

Attosecond pulses capture ultrafast electron and light–matter dynamics on the shortest timescales accessible to controlled experiments, making them indispensable tools for ultrafast spectroscopy, ...