Optical frequency combs—laser sources that emit evenly spaced colors of light—are foundational, ubiquitous tools for ...

Physicists in Germany have generated what they call a "special" state of matter, using a three-dimensional optical interference pattern. Turning up the intensity of this pattern created a gaseous ...

Knight Optical, the leading global supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested optics, has revealed its latest product offering – a trio of components that are suitable for a wide range of laser varieties, ...

Investigating laser technologies in bioelectronics, this review highlights optical principles that optimize fabrication ...

The device, a Photonic Lantern, produced via microscopic 3D printing, collects light from arrays of small semiconductor lasers called Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, and combines them into a ...

The Institute of Technical Physics at the DLR in Stuttgart is operating a qualification laboratory where the laser vulnerability of optical components can be tested under pulsed irradiation and for ...