Students in the class ENGRI 1100: "Lasers and Photonics" engage in hands-on learning and build a laser for an assignment.

Researchers have demonstrated that intense laser fields, particularly at low frequencies, can significantly enhance nuclear ...

Lucian Hand argues that physicists’ multi-disciplinary training makes them ideally suited for a career in the laser industry, where the challenges and opportunities vary almost daily (Courtesy: UAB ...

Drew N. Maywar earned his PhD in optical engineering from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and studied the Japanese language & kendo at Japan's Nanzan University. Prior to becoming ...

Could a laser umbrella actually work? A nuclear engineer reacts to XKCD’s wild concept and breaks down the real physics behind lasers, energy density, heat transfer, rain vaporization, and why turning ...

"It is this demonstration of a new law in laser physics that is most important in our research," Dr Runge said. "We have shown that E = 1/τ 3 and we hope this will change how lasers can be applied in ...

Understand the key differences in curriculum, skills, career options, research scope, and future opportunities.

Physicists at the University of Nevada, Reno are settling the debate about heating mechanisms with ultrashort-pulse lasers for high-energy-density plasma research. Using an intense laser based on the ...

Three researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for advances in laser physics. The winners include a woman for the first time in 55 years. Strickland became the first woman to be awarded a Nobel ...

While the world continues to fixate on AI, there are still plenty of high performance computing workloads that need doing and a speedup to any one part can have a big impact, whether it be ...

Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) semiconductor lasers are highly sought for medical, biotechnology, and precision manufacturing applications; however, previous UV-B laser diodes were limited to pulsed operation ...