Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a technique to dramatically narrow the linewidth of a laser beam by a ...

Laser Lighting Effects. Display lasers are used to create dramatic effects and are especially popular for staged entertainment shows.

Lasers are often used for heating materials, but they can also be harnessed for localized cooling of ICs. Laser cooling works ...

Sara Penuela Rodriguez (left), an interdisciplinary neuroscience doctoral student, administers infrared laser light therapy ...

The effects of laser eye surgery will usually last for life for some prescriptions, ... and you are asked to focus on a light aimed toward your eye while the laser is used to reshape the cornea.

A team of scientists has found that the narrow beam of a laser, under specific conditions, can cast a shadow — a counterintuitive finding that could open the doors for new applications of ...

Brief blasts of light might make some materials into fleeting superconductors. A new study strengthens the case for this controversial claim, first made more than a decade ago. But while some ...

The effect works thanks to some intriguing optical physics. Where the green laser hits the ruby, it increases the amount of blue light the crystal absorbs.

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...