They're in grocery store scanners, internet connections and car backup cameras. Whether you realize it or not, you interact with lasers every day. This light-based technology has helped build the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (THE CONVERSATION) Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea ...

There are many different types of lasers—almost as many as there are applications for the same—but what ties them all together as a class is that they depend on the same physical effect: stimulated ...

Researchers have demonstrated that intense laser fields, particularly at low frequencies, can significantly enhance nuclear ...

Quantum computing has long been constrained by the messy reality of controlling fragile qubits with bulky, power-hungry ...

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Today, silicon photonic circuits connect server racks and play key roles in chemical sensors, biosensors, and LIDAR for ...

Engineers have learned how to create tiny earthquakes on a microchip—and it could change how smartphones are built. Engineers ...

Scientists in Scotland have shown that a type of laser already similar to the one currently used in routine eye surgery could ...