laser

A laser is a device that emits light through optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation

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CERN laser technology used for telecommunications

A Dutch start-up will deploy structured laser beam technology in mobile telecommunication networks

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Knowledge sharing
09 April, 2020
Knowledge sharing
News
09 April, 2020

A long-sighted laser beam

A team from CERN and the IPP in Prague has developed a laser beam with remarkable properties that has potential applications in many fields

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Knowledge sharing
11 February, 2019
Knowledge sharing
News
11 February, 2019

Nobel work shines a light on particle physics

Find out how the laser physics recognised by the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics opens up new perspectives in particle physics

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Physics
12 October, 2018

European XFEL: World’s most powerful X-ray source starts up

The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser in Germany, inaugurated today, showcases the impact of particle accelerators outside physics

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Accelerators
01 September, 2017
Accelerators
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01 September, 2017

XFELs in the study of biological structure

The femtosecond pulses and astonishing peak brilliance of X-ray free-electron lasers are enabling whole new classes of experiments for imaging biology

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Engineering
16 March, 2015
Engineering
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16 March, 2015

Lasers take physicists back to school

The First International School on Laser Applications at Accelerators at GANIL in France brought together laser- and accelerator physicists

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Engineering
22 October, 2012
Engineering
News
22 October, 2012

Laser acceleration, now with added fibre

Lasers consume too much power and can't sustain accelerating particles long enough to produce collisions. ICAN hopes to change all that

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Engineering
16 May, 2012
Engineering
News
16 May, 2012