A compact fiber-based system has been developed to compress mid-infrared laser pulses to 187 femtoseconds using low input power. By integrating a holmium-doped ZBLAN photonic crystal fiber within a ...
Futuristic laser weapons are now deployed with some militaries and are being demonstrated by Ukrainian startups. Industry ...
A guided-missile destroyer at sea doesn’t need a missile to show it is ready. In a Navy-run drill, a bright beam came off the ...
Patrik has attempted to build up sufficient troops to conquer a vast desert. His robots, bombers, and experimental troops attempt to defeat a cunning opponent who will do anything to win in this ...
LOWELL, Mass., March 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of semiconductor products, will participate in OFC 2026, taking place March 17–19, 2026 ...
SANTA CLARA, CA, UNITED STATES, March 11, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — OpenLight, a leader in heterogeneous III V silicon photonic integration and custom Photonic ...
Details of the event were kept secret for a long time.
Astrolight CEO Laurynas Mačiulis explains how laser satellite communication could ease spectrum congestion, increase data capacity, and raise new engineering and policy questions for space ...
In 2018, a report claimed China had developed a portable “laser rifle” that could silently ignite targets from up to a kilometer away, a story that instantly grabbed global attention. But the same ...
Directed-energy weapons are often sold as systems that can fire forever. In practice, dwell time, heat, and the chaos of the battlefield impose strict limits on how many threats they can actually stop ...
Researchers from Tuskegee University, Alabama, have developed a new photonic crystal (a kind of ...
The U.S. military will test a high-energy laser weapon at White Sands Missile Range, designed to disable drones.