Researchers develop first room temperature holmium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride thin disk laser
In a study published in Optics Express, a research group led by Prof. Fu Yuxi from Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision ...
Border patrol aircraft targeted by lasers 6 times since October
Shining a laser into an aircraft cockpit is a federal crime that could lead to up to 20 years in prison, as well as a ...
U.S. border officials report uptick in laser-pointer incidents aimed at commercial, military aircraft
The U.S. border protection agency says six separate incidents during border operations over the last few months involved ...
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Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in Mexico
Lidar has fully revealed a 600-year-old Zapotec city in southern Mexico. Lasers shot from an aircraft have revealed the ...
'Like a field plowed prior to planting': Researchers want to grow lasers, yes lasers, on material commonly found in sand
Researchers at Imec have found a way to grow lasers directly on silicon Imec’s lasers use gallium arsenide, a material that ...
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LIGO to detect gravitational waves from 13 million light-years further with new device
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, is one of the most powerful scientific equipment for detecting gravitational waves. Covering an area of 16 square kilometers, it also ...
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Smart design for the tube laser
FIGURE 1. A tube laser doesn’t always cut tube. Here, it cuts shapes out of an angular profile. The machine also can cut flat ...
New optical tech boosts gravitational-wave detection capabilities
In a paper published earlier this month in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the ...