High-powered lasers have a hand in everything from manufacturing to deep space communications, and the ongoing development of more powerful versions calls for a rethink on the components responsible ...

You’ve probably seen viral “burning laser” videos, but most don’t explain what’s actually happening. Here, we take a safe, educational look at how lasers focus light, how power levels are regulated, ...

Two studies on the fusion experiment titled "Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime" and "Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion," have been published in the ...

I understand that laser modules, especially the affordable ones, have a certain amount of divergence that spreads the beam out over distances on the order of something like a millimeter per meter.

Experiment spit out 10 quadrillion watts of power in a split second. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The secret behind a ...