Lasers Cool Down the Gravity Debate | Research & Technology | May 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 26, 2025 — One of the most profound open questions in modern physics is:…
ZEUS Is Officially America’s Most Powerful Laser, With 2-Petawatt Blast
The ZEUS laser, tucked away (as much as a giant laser can be) at the University of Michigan,…
MINFLUX nanoscopy enhanced with high-order vortex beams
Principle of HO MINFLUX Conventional MINFLUX generally utilizes a first-order vortex beam as the doughnut excitation, which is…
Free-space high-Q nanophotonics | Light: Science & Applications
Khurgin, J., Bykov, A. Y. & Zayats, A. V. Hot-electron dynamics in plasmonic nanostructures: Fundamentals, applications and overlooked…
Engineers are Creating 3D ‘Optical Knots’ by Manipulating Laser Beams
While knots are typically associated with shoelaces or tangled cords, researchers have demonstrated that they can also be…