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    The laserfocusworld.com Science & Research channel includes articles and other content spotlighting the latest research advances and scientific discoveries related to photonics and optics.

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    Highlights

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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...
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    Lasers & Sources

    Supercritical coupling technique steers light

    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 1, 2024
    Researchers from Italy, Singapore, and the U.S. discover a new way to trap light at the nanoscale—and it has an extremely broad range of potential applications.
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    Executive Forum

    Photonics innovations in climate observation: A view from Europe

    Jérémy Picot-Clémente
    April 1, 2024
    European photonics companies and organizations are contributing to the evolving technologies that provide invaluable insights into environmental science. Here's an overview.
    Fiber Optics

    Hollow-core fibers revolutionize green laser technology

    Qiang Fu
    March 27, 2024
    Researchers made a significant breakthrough in laser and fiber technology, which showcases the potential for the long-distance fiber delivery of high-power green laser pulses ...
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    Detectors & Imaging

    Space-time imaging method captures ultrafast electronics in action

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 22, 2024
    Researchers in Germany create a femtosecond electron beam probe method to capture high-speed electronics operating at the femtosecond/terahertz domain.
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    Quantum

    Polaritonic nanocavities redefine limits of light confinement

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 26, 2024
    A team of researchers in Israel and Spain create a new type of light confinement—and open the door to new quantum electrodynamics experiments.
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    Lasers & Sources

    What happens if you etch tellurite glass with a femtosecond laser?

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 22, 2024
    Serendipity in the form of an active photoconductive material—a semiconductor phase embedded within glass—that generates a current reliably for months when exposed ultraviolet...
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    Executive Forum

    Space: The growing optical frontier

    Jose Pozo
    Feb. 20, 2024
    Laser communication scientists and engineers continue to unpack new research, consider obstacles from a solution perspective, and advance the work.
    Lasers & Sources

    Pulsed light research system features built-in oscilloscope

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 15, 2024
    The X-1100/2x pulsed light research system, an upgrade to the X-1100, is designed to work with pulsed xenon light.