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    The laserfocusworld.com Lasers & Sources channel features articles and other content that discuss the design and applications of all types of lasers, amplifiers, and other advanced sources like LEDs.

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    Lasers & Sources

    Nonmetallic quantum dots are nontoxic alternative to metallic cousins

    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 10, 2024
    Nonmetallic quantum dots, synthesized from Earth-abundant carbon and sulfur sources, are cost-effective, versatile, biocompatible, and environmentally friendly.
    (Photocollage created by Jacob Deats, Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
    Lasers & Sources

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics targets inertial confinement fusion

    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 8, 2024
    The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics is targeting laser-driven inertial confinement fusion, as part of National Nuclear Security Administration’s Stockpile...
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    Lasers & Sources

    Supercritical coupling technique steers light

    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 1, 2024
    Researchers from Italy, Singapore, and the U.S. discover a new way to trap light at the nanoscale—and it has an extremely broad range of potential applications.
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    Quantum

    Is your Quantum 2.0 solution stable enough?

    Scott Davis
    March 28, 2024
    Quantum 2.0 technologies—including timing, computing, networking, and sensing—require much tighter control of light.
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    Lasers & Sources

    Quantum materials are revolutionizing imaging and sensing

    Hao Pang
    March 25, 2024
    The quantum revolution is underway and quantum dots are enabling imaging and sensing applications previously considered too cost-prohibitive or bulky.
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    Lasers & Sources

    Laser innovators honored with Scientific and Technical Academy Awards

    Patricia Panchak
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Sixteen laser pioneers earn recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their contributions toward enhancing the movie experience.
    Lasers & Sources

    Tunable alexandrite laser sources emit in near-infrared

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Diode-pumped tunable alexandrite laser sources emitting in the near-infrared are used for LiDAR remote sensing, quantum technologies, photoacoustic microscopy, and biosensing....
    (Photo credit: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory)
    Executive Forum

    Space: The growing optical frontier

    Jose Pozo
    Feb. 20, 2024
    Laser communication scientists and engineers continue to unpack new research, consider obstacles from a solution perspective, and advance the work.
    Lasers & Sources

    Machine vision light available in white or red wavelengths

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 20, 2024
    The JWL225-DO light source provides external illumination for logistics.