An ultrafast optical experiment measures a hidden electronic property that helps shape how crystals respond to light.

Magnetic reconnection is a process that occurs when the magnetic fields of a conductive plasma quickly rearrange and release massive amounts of stored magnetic energy. It is widely thought to be the ...

For nearly 50 years, physicists have dreamed of the secrets they could unlock by raising the energy state of an atom's nucleus using a laser. The achievement would allow today's atomic clocks to be ...

For the first time, a quantum radiation reaction in strong electromagnetic fields has been demonstrated experimentally by allowing electrons to collide with an extremely intense and powerful laser ...

Researchers in China have developed and calibrated a Photonic Doppler Velocimetry method that turns laser-measured surface ...

The University of Maryland graduate was honored for research exploring electron behavior in intense laser fields.

Newswise — Experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) require breathtaking precision. Each of the 192 lasers is focused to a width of a few millimeters to ...

Experts at the BELLA Center used dual laser beams focused onto a sheet of gas to reach a milestone energy in laser-driven electron acceleration. Four members of the larger team gathered with the ...

New analysis uses neutron-free shots to estimate 100–100,000 neutrons per laser pulse in deuterium cluster fusion ...

Researchers have designed and demonstrated an ultraviolet laser that removes a major bottleneck in the development of a nuclear clock. Whereas ordinary atomic clocks keep time using transitions of ...