This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been "split" — with one half going to Arthur Ashkin, an American who won for his work with optical tweezers, while Gérard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland ...

At the core of the breakthrough is an optical parametric oscillator (OPO), a resonator that converts incoming laser light ...

Researchers in Switzerland and the US have developed a new theoretical framework for describing a wide range of lasers — including unconventional systems called diffusive random lasers, which had ...

Focused laser-like light that covers a wide range of frequencies is highly desirable for many scientific studies and for many ...

Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren't actually there.

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics to Arthur Ashkin, Donna Strickland, and Gérard Mourou for “groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.” ...

Physicists at Yale University have created the first functioning reverse laser, suggesting that the technology could be used in next-generation optical communications and computing. In a paper ...

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for having "revolutionized laser physics," as per a press release from the Nobel Committee. All ...

KOCHVILLE TWP, MI-- Saginaw Valley State University has been awarded a donation of optical laser equipment by Gentec-EO, a worldwide supplier of instruments for the measurement of laser and terahertz ...