Pew Pew: Space Lasers Could Change How We Talk to Mars and Beyond
NASA is experimenting with Invisible beams of light to transmit data to Earth, which can pack 10 to 100 times more ...
Hybrid fiber pump combiner could advance mid-IR laser systems
In the last two decades, the rapid advancement in applications such as environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and ...
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New study enhances near-infrared laser performance with innovative crystal rod design
Recently, a research group led by Prof. SUN Dunlu at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of ...
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Side-polished pump combiner: Building block for robust all-fiber mid-IR lasers
Fibre-based Mid-IR lasers, which operate beyond 2.5 μm, have emerged as particularly promising high-brightness light sources. However, extending laser generation into the Mid-IR wavelength range ...
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South Korea’s infrared rays-scattering smoke canister to fool laser-guided weapons
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has signed a deal with a firm for the mass procurement of ...
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Spycraft weapon listening into our every word
Can I do it with an ­infrared laser so the target can’t see it? And can I also hear what’s happening in the room, such as by bouncing the laser off a window?’” The answers: Yes to all the ...
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Why Lasers Could Be Kryptonite for Drones
Earlier this year the U.S. Army shot down a number of hostile drones in the Middle East using a weapon long dismissed as more science fiction than reality—the laser. After decades of costly ...
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Lasers could take broadband where fiber optics can’t
One solution could come from a technology called “free-space optics” (FSO), which uses lasers to transfer data through the air. It was pioneered in the 1960s by NASA and for decades has been a ...