Osaka, Japan — Ultra-intense lasers with ultra-short pulses and ultra-high energies are powerful tools for exploring unknowns in physics, cosmology, material science, etc. With the help of the famous ...

Ultra-intense lasers with ultra-short pulses and ultra-high energies are powerful tools for exploring unknowns in physics, cosmology, material science, etc. With the help of chirped pulse ...

Over the past two decades there has been a significant growth across the world in the abundance of laser facilities capable of producing peak powers on the order of petawatt (PW) levels. In these ...

One of the topics investigated in recent physics studies is strong-field quantum electrodynamics (SF-QED). So far, this area has rarely been explored before, mainly because the experimental ...

In July 2023 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced they will scale its laser technology to a new benchmark: a 500 kW-class laser, the most powerful laser Lockheed Martin has produced, topping its 300 ...

When using a Class 3B or Class 4 laser, potential hazards from the direct beam exist to the eye and skin. The severity of these hazards is dependent upon the wavelength and the power output of the ...

What and who is the Laser Safety Officer? The Laser Safety Officer (LSO) is the individual who has the authority and responsibility to evaluate laser hazards, monitor and enforce compliance with ...

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are vying to build four 50 kilowatt (kW)-class lasers for US Army Stryker vehicles after the service picked Kord Technologies as the prime contractor for an effort that ...