An art installation featuring 30 laser beams in primary colors will shine from the top of the Space Needle Friday night.

Knowledge of a laser beam's shape and output-power distribution is critical for optimizing laser performance. Neil Savage summarizes the latest beam-profiling products on the market. People using ...

Lacking a vault door to drill, they used a powerful laser, delidding the IC and pulsing different areas of it with the beam. How do you know when exactly to pulse? For that, they took power ...

But using a laser beam to produce random numbers like that ... Maria Temming is the assistant managing editor at Science News Explores. She has bachelor's degrees in physics and English, and ...

Of these processes cutting demands the most power – usually a beam of more than 1 kW. “Laser diodes, and solid, or fibre, lasers are the main technologies used in manufacturing today ...

When the laser struck the water, it generated a proton beam as anticipated. Discover the latest in science, tech, and space with over 100,000 subscribers who rely on Phys.org for daily insights.