New ‘vacuum ultraviolet’ laser is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing tech
The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It…
Twist-induced orbital chirality in a photonic laser
The combination of two achiral photonic membranes into a twisted bilayer breaks mirror symmetry and induces non-Hermitian coupling…
New Laser That Slices Through Bone Could Replace Bone Saw in Operating Rooms
The modified laser cuts on a bovine femur. Credit: University of Basel, Catherine Weyer Conventional orthopedic surgery relies…
Sub-1-volt, reconfigurable Gires-Tournois resonators for full-coloured monopixel array
Concept of reconfigurable Gires-Tournois monopixels Reflective displays offer a compact and efficient design, leveraging external light without an…
Continuous-wave narrow-linewidth vacuum ultraviolet laser source
Kroger, L. A. & Reich, C. W. Features of the low-energy level scheme of 229Th as observed in…
Maximizing perovskite electroluminescence with ordered 3D/2D heterojunction
Peng, C. et al. Weakly space-confined all-inorganic perovskites for light-emitting diodes. Nature 643, 96–103 (2025). Article ADS CAS …
Louisiana $15.6B Pension Fund LASERS Gains $3.2M Bitcoin Exposure Through Strategy
The Louisiana state pension fund (LASERS), a program mandated for all state employees, has reportedly announced its indirect…
New US laser technology could unlock 100,000-qubit quantum computers
Researchers in the US have developed a new technique that could allow quantum computers to scale to well…
High-efficiency broadband active metasurfaces via reversible metal electrodeposition
Pendry, J. B., Schurig, D. & Smith, D. R. Controlling electromagnetic fields. Science 312, 1780–1782 (2006). Article ADS …
A glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real time
A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping…
Kinetically-controlled intermediate-direct-pinning for homogeneous energy landscapes in quasi-two-dimensional perovskites for efficient and narrow blue emission
Anchoring-assisted intermediate direct pinning process The broad phase distribution of quasi-2D perovskites is mainly attributed to the rapid…
Photoswitchable exceptional points derived from bound states in the continuum
The temporal coupled mode theory (TCMT) is a valuable tool for describing the underlying physics of such open…