Physicists at the UK’s Central Laser Facility have recorded the first observation of quantum radiation reaction, detecting ...

In the experiment, a high-power green laser passed through a ruby cube, illuminated from the side by a blue laser. The green laser increased the ruby’s absorption of the blue light, creating a darker ...

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

In a remarkable stride forward in energy research, scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough by directing nearly 200 lasers at a minuscule target, leading to a substantially more potent ...

In a few picoseconds (trillionths of a second), a small, thin piece of copper momentarily becomes dense plasma, specifically a state called warm dense matter, warm being a relative term – the metal is ...

It's not at every university that laser pulses powerful enough to burn paper and skin are sent blazing down a hallway. But that’s what happened in UMD’s Energy Research Facility, an unremarkable ...

Rendering of the Laser Interconnect and Networking Communications System (LINCS) satellites. Credit: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems WASHINGTON — After a setback in a laser communications ...