The term 'laser' stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation." Lasers are made of a source of energy, ...

Try to fathom the power of 1 million nuclear power plants. Now, imagine there is a way to pack the equivalent of that into ...

The plasma and beams group conducts research at the crossroads of plasma physics, particle beam physics, and laser physics. Our goal is to study particle beam acceleration in strong plasma waves that ...

The wide range of applications of these laser-driven particle beams has spurred the construction of petawatt facilities worldwide, including the OMEGA EP laser facility at the University of ...

Methods include laser or microwave beams exerting photon pressure, macroparticle beams providing physical thrust, or even charged particle beams. Each approach presents its own challenges ...

Deep ultraviolet (DUV) lasers, known for their high photon energy and short wavelengths, are essential in various fields such ...

When you think of a particle accelerator ... sizes up to 0.5 millimeters long. An electron beam moves through the channel. Very short infrared laser pulses on top of the channels accelerate ...

Physicists at the University of Ottawa add an orbital spin to their laser beams to control the movement of electrons in their ...

The photons in the laser can give an energy boost to the ... "[Brookhaven] are keen to demonstrate particle beams energetic enough for radiobiology experiments." He explains that achieving 10 ...

With its classical parallel beam laser diffraction set-up, HELOS provides a powerful method means of analyzing the particle size distribution of powders, granulates, solid and droplet aerosols as ...

With its classical parallel beam laser diffraction set-up, HELOS provides a powerful method means of analyzing the particle size distribution of powders, granules, suspensions, emulsions, sprays and ...