Ultrashort laser pulses—that are shorter than a millionth of a millionth of a second—have transformed fundamental science, ...

Ultrashort bursts of laser light are giving scientists a way to freeze one of chemistry’s most elusive moments, the instant ...

Electrons determine everything: how chemical reactions unfold, how materials conduct electricity, how biological molecules ...

If there’s one lesson to be learned from [Aled Cuda]’s pulsed laser driver, it’s that you can treat the current limits on electronic components as a suggestion if the current duration is measured in ...

Researchers propose a novel scheme to produce isolated attosecond pulses using relativistic electron mirrors, paving the way ...

Lasers have widespread applications as a light source in a variety of fields, including manufacturing, medicine, high-speed communications, electronics, and scientific research. In recent years, the ...

A team at the University of Stuttgart has engineered a compact short-pulse laser that achieves up to 80% efficiency—far surpassing current models. Their new multipass design reuses light within a ...

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

Scientists create perovskite film semiconductors at room temperature using lasers, which is a revolution for chips and solar ...

“With our new system, we can achieve levels of efficiency that were previously almost unattainable,” says Prof. Harald Giessen, Head of the 4th Physics Institute at the University of Stuttgart.