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    Optics

    Hyperbolic mirrors enhance petawatt laser focus

    Sally Cole Johnson
    May 2, 2024
    Researchers discover single-wavelength focal spots can be achieved by combining a rotational hyperbolic mirror with a parabolic mirror for current femtosecond petawatt-class lasers...
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    Lasers & Sources

    Laser light unleashes quantum behavior at room temperature

    Sally Cole Johnson
    May 1, 2024
    Researchers discover a large class of materials can be made magnetic via laser light—at room temperature—and it opens a new pathway to designing materials with light.
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    Podcasts

    PODCAST: Interview with Gregory Niven, laser innovator

    Justine Murphy
    April 30, 2024
    Episode 6 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Gregory Niven, whose work was honored with an Individual Technical Achievement award by the Academy of Motion ...
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    Lasers & Sources

    Nonmetallic quantum dots are nontoxic alternative to metallic cousins

    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 10, 2024
    Nonmetallic quantum dots, synthesized from Earth-abundant carbon and sulfur sources, are cost-effective, versatile, biocompatible, and environmentally friendly.
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    Lasers & Sources

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics targets inertial confinement fusion

    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 8, 2024
    The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics is targeting laser-driven inertial confinement fusion, as part of National Nuclear Security Administration’s Stockpile...
    Lasers & Sources

    Red laser module enables single-molecule observation

    LFW Staff
    March 3, 2024
    The OBIS 640 XT diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser module offers up to 1000 mW output at 640 nm.
    Lasers & Sources

    Visible LED line light features an integrated strobe

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 28, 2024
    COBRA HyperSpec Visible hyperspectral LED lights focus specifically on the visible band between 400 and 700 nm.
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    Lasers & Sources

    Laser innovators honored with Scientific and Technical Academy Awards

    Patricia Panchak
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Sixteen laser pioneers earn recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their contributions toward enhancing the movie experience.
    Lasers & Sources

    Tunable alexandrite laser sources emit in near-infrared

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Diode-pumped tunable alexandrite laser sources emitting in the near-infrared are used for LiDAR remote sensing, quantum technologies, photoacoustic microscopy, and biosensing....