Lasers are essential in scientific laboratories and medical clinics across the globe, but integrating them into other technologies is not easy. A material platform that puts a standard laser on a ...

A new microchip-sized device could dramatically accelerate the future of quantum computing. It controls laser frequencies with extreme precision while using far less power than today’s bulky systems.

NIST researchers designed and fabricated this on-chip system to shape multiple laser beams (blue arrows) and control their polarization before the light is sent into space to interact with a device or ...

Lasers are omnipresent. Quantum scientists use them to control qubits in quantum computers; doctors use them to correct eyesight; and cashiers scan your groceries with them. Current lasers are massive ...

With a single leap from tabletop to the microscale, engineers have produced the world's first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip, democratizing a once-exclusive technology. As lasers go, ...

For the first time, a team of researchers successfully used lasers to generate sound waves on the surface of a microchip, opening the door for completely new microchip design considerations that ...

Scientists from the University of Rochester and UC Santa Barbara have built a laser so small it can sit on a penny. But don’t let its size fool you. This tiny laser could power the next generation of ...

The rapid rise of photonic chips, which use light to process data instead of electrons, may offer faster means to transmit data. But scaling such chips has been held back by one stubborn issue: ...

Optical image of a hybrid integrated erbium-doped photonic integrated circuit-based laser, providing fiber-laser coherence and previously unachievable frequency tunability. Lasers have revolutionized ...

Researchers have developed a "laser-powered artificial neuron," which is like a supercharged version of a biological neuron. This chip-based laser neuron mimics how human neurons work, but it's ...