Tag: Light Lasers and Optics
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Michigan startup reimagines clothing labels for recycling and authenticating brands
Tags get cut off and tagless labels wear away, but new photonic fibers could serve as permanent barcodes.
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Measuring electron pulses for future compact ultra-bright X-ray sources
It’s now possible to determine detailed qualities of electron beams generated by sending electrons surfing on powerful laser pulses.
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New blue fluorophore breaks efficiency records in both solids and solutions
Reaching 98% efficiency in a solid state and 94% in solution, the small fluorescent molecule’s design could cut down development time and cost for future applications.
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The US has a new most powerful laser
Hitting 2 petawatts, the NSF-funded ZEUS facility at U-M enables research that could improve medicine, national security, materials science and more.
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X-ray vision
One of the first experimenters at the new flagship US laser, Michigan alum Franklin Dollar’s mission is bigger than research.
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Detailed picture of electron acceleration captured in one shot
Results can help maximize electron energy gain for quantum mechanics experiments or practical applications in medicine or industry.
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Soon-to-be most powerful laser in the US is open for experiments
The NSF-supported facility at U-M is about to begin welcoming researchers to study extreme physics that could advance medicine, microelectronics and more.
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Quantum entanglement could make accelerometers and dark matter detectors more precise
And yes, they are looking to miniaturize it for smartphone dead reckoning.
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Producing extreme ultraviolet laser pulses efficiently through wakesurfing behind electron beams
Simulations suggest this mechanism could provide a tenfold increase in frequency—likely hitting a peak power of 100 trillion watts in XUV
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U-M discovery leading to LASIK is a Golden Goose
The AAAS Golden Goose awards highlight federally funded breakthroughs that go on to bring important benefits to the lives of regular people.
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First light at the most powerful laser in the US
The ZEUS laser at the University of Michigan has begun its commissioning experiments
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Emulating impossible “unipolar” laser pulses paves the way for processing quantum information
Quantum materials emit light as though it were only a positive pulse, rather than a positive-negative oscillation.