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Unique Laser-Based Approach for Preparing Pt Single Atom Catalysts

Laser fabrication of nanoparticles offers a powerful and flexible alternative to the purely chemical approaches. In recent years, laser synthesized precious metal nanoparticles are becoming increasingly important in catalysis due to their unique surface features.

9 Sep 2021

New Optical Tweezer Could Help Manipulate Micron-Scale Matter

A person trying to pick up a pea with one chopstick while being blindfolded realizes the challenge faced by researchers in their efforts to manipulate single molecules.

9 Sep 2021

NSF Awards Grant to Install Powerful, Ultrafast Infrared Laser System at UCF

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded UCF a grant to purchase and install an almost $2 million high-peak-power, high-repetition-rate ultrafast infrared laser system - a first of its kind in the world.

8 Sep 2021

Using Femtosecond Mid-Infrared Laser Pulses for Ultrafast Electronic Control of Magnetic Anisotropy

One of the most important tasks in modern information technologies is controlling spin directions in magnets.

3 Sep 2021

New Laser-Based Method Outperforms Common Type of Microphone Calibration Technique

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have conducted the first demonstration of a faster and more accurate way to calibrate certain kinds of microphones.

3 Sep 2021

Femtosecond Laser Light Pulses Create Switchable Nano-Waves in MXenes

A spectroscopic technique called ultrafast laser spectroscopy enables the motion of atoms to be observed at their natural time scales in the range of femtoseconds, that is, one-millionth of a billionth of a second. By contrast, electron microscopy offers atomic spatial resolution.

2 Sep 2021

Novel Method Allows Laser Beams to be Visible in Vacuum

When individual atoms interact with each other, they often exhibit unusual behavior due to their quantum behavior.

26 Aug 2021

Challenges and Advancements of Supercapacitors Based on Laser Scribed Graphene

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2021.200079, Researchers led by Professor Min Gu from the Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics (CAIN), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China summarize recent developments, current challenges and future advancements of supercapacitors based on laser scribed graphene.

24 Aug 2021

Study Unravels Spectroscopic Properties of Fluoroindate Glasses Doped with Erbium

The advent of mid-infrared lasers has been a boon to medical, military, and other fields. Fiber laser is one among them and has garnered wider interest. As the core material of mid-infrared fiber laser, laser glass has a great impact on advancing its performance.

23 Aug 2021

Primary Focusing Mirrors for Petawatt Laser Beamlines

Ultra-high precision off-axis paraboloids from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are being used to maximise power density at the focus of Petawatt laser beamlines run by world-leading, high-power laser research groups including ELI,...

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 18 Aug 2021