Lightning lights up the sky in a dramatic flash, but scientists still don’t fully understand how it starts. Now, researchers ...

Display lasers are used to create dramatic effects and are especially popular for staged entertainment shows. This guidance assumes that a specialist laser display company is contracted to provide the ...

For the experiment, a high-power green laser was directed through ruby cube and illuminated with a blue laser from the side. The green laser increases the optical absorption of the blue illuminating ...

When an intense laser pulse hits an electron at rest, the latter performs a quiver motion with the frequency of the light ...

When a high-energy laser hits certain substances, their atoms are ionized and heated into a plasma in a process known as laser-induced breakdown. After the laser is switched off, the electrons and ...

For decades, scientists have sought ways to compress the tools of optical science – lasers, lenses, mirrors – onto chips that fit on a fingertip. Such ...