For the first time, a quantum radiation reaction in strong electromagnetic fields has been demonstrated experimentally by ...

Physicists at the UK’s Central Laser Facility have recorded the first observation of quantum radiation reaction, detecting how electrons lose energy in ways that classical physics cannot explain when ...

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 ...

A specially designed chamber that converts visible light into vacuum ultraviolet light in a new laser. (Credit: Kapteyn-Murnane Group) For decades, scientists have struggled to create lasers that ...

A research team has demonstrated a quantum-inspired laser rangefinder that measures distances with sub-millimetre accuracy across a city-scale gap, using only tens of microwatts of optical power.

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.” ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Tuesday to an international trio of laser pioneers, including the first woman to earn the award in more than a half-century, who said she made her breakthrough ...

Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland share the 2018 physics Nobel for their work with lasers that have led to numerous practical applications, such as eye surgery. “The main practical ...