IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a ruby crystal from Theodore ...

Custom 3D crystal etchings are an elegant keepsake that people use for family memorabilia, office promotion gifts or awards. Starting a 3D laser crystal etching business requires the right equipment ...

We generally picture lasers as being encased within hard housings, much like most other electronics. Thanks to research being conducted at Kent State University and Japan's Kyoto Institute of ...

Photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) is a promising technology that can completely revolutionize what lasers can achieve. Such a system can produce highly directional, bright beams with ...

Two-micron Tm3+ lasers are of interest for many applications in the scientific, defence, and medical fields. Thulium readily substitutes into many crystal hosts that are suitable for ...

Titanium-doped sapphire (Ti 3+:sapphire) as an optically pumped, solid-state laser crystal is widely used in wavelength tunable laser which tunable range is 650-1100nm, and peaking at 800nm, it is one ...

Fifty years ago Sunday, a Hughes Labs researcher named Theodore Maiman changed the world. That day, Maiman became the first person on Earth to build a working laser, something that colleagues at a ...

The new phase appears for a brief moment after the flash of light. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new phase of matter has been ...

Light's shadow: Researchers showed that a laser beam can sometimes act like a solid object and cast a shadow that is visible to the naked eye. In the picture, the shadow appears as the horizontal line ...