Scientists have captured the moment a laser "comes to life"—and what they found challenges long-held beliefs. Using a special ...

He loved being in the lab,’ recalls Richard Atkinson, his predecessor in both jobs. ‘We were lucky we got him to come to La ...

Quantum clocks break energy limits, unlocking ultra-precise timekeeping with far-reaching tech, AI, and navigation impacts.

In a groundbreaking study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists from ETH Zurich, in collaboration with teams from ...

A review will be given on the latest development of 1.55 μm quantum dot lasers. Static and dynamic properties of short cavity ridge waveguide lasers will be presented exhibiting data rates up to 22 ...

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have developed a tunable system that paves the way for ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

Quantum technology will disrupt the Bitcoin network. Here’s how quantum computers affect crypto and what you can do about it.

UF engineers, backed by DARPA and NASA, are perfecting laser-forming techniques that let metal sheets fold themselves into giant solar arrays, antennas, and even space-station parts right in ...

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

Physicists 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, a collaboration ...