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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Green laser beam coming from a hand-held laser pointer. They're in grocery store scanners, internet connections and car backup ...

Laser cutters are getting more and more popular among crafters. As a unique means of creating artwork using all sorts of different materials, laser cutting is accessible and fun. If it’s something you ...

Iain Boyd receives funding from the U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed-Martin Corporation. Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land ...

When we first heard the term “random laser,” we did a double-take. After all, most ordinary sources of light are random. One defining characteristic of a traditional laser is that it emits coherent ...

Recently, the work was completed by the group of Prof. Sheng Meng from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Beijing National Research Center for Condensed Matter Physics. By ...