Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of ...

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

Researchers built a computer that performs AI calculations at light speed in a single shot. The breakthrough can help AI ...

Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...

It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a lightsaber or a phaser, complete with sound effects. There’s just something about the “pew-pew” factor that makes ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. (KGO) -- The world's most powerful X-ray laser is located at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the Bay Area, and it's about to become even more powerful. According to Mike ...

Scientists at Japan's Institute for Molecular Science have achieved a 1,000-fold enhancement in white-light generation inside ...

When an intense laser pulse hits a stationary electron, it performs a trembling motion at the frequency of the light field.