The Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment from the Apollo 11 mission. Image Credit: NASA There are few moments and pictures from the moon missions that live on in the public eye; Neil Armstrong’s footprint, ...

The High-Repetition-Rate Advanced Petawatt Laser System (HAPLS) under construction in the Czech Republic is designed to generate a peak power of more than 1 quadrillion watts (1 petawatt, 10 15 watts) ...

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created the world’s highest peak-power laser diode array, capable of creating up to 3.2 megawatts. The new device will be used in ...

Principles of supersymmetry have been used to boost the performance of an array of solid-state lasers. The work was led by Mercedeh Khajavikhan at the University of Central Florida in the US. Her team ...

The videos from [styropyro] are always amusing and informative. However, ironically for him, he is alarmed that many green laser pointers are more powerful than they are supposed to be. Sure, you ...

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays represent a pivotal advancement in semiconductor laser technology. These devices emit light perpendicular to the wafer surface, offering benefits ...

A team of researchers has overcome a long-standing problem in laser science, and the findings could have applications in surgery, drilling and 3D laser mapping. A team of University of Central Florida ...

A powerful 70 gigawatt laser propulsion system that could accelerate an 100 kilogram object over 122 seconds to 2% of light speed (6000 kilometers per second) would also be able to fire kinetic ...