Optical design software is used by engineers and scientists to perform a variety of tasks, including illumination calculations, laser beam propagation, stray light ... JPEG, PNG and TIFF files.

Researchers have developed a powerful new way to measure ultrashort, high-energy laser pulses in a single shot, solving ...

Laser plasma acceleration is a potentially disruptive technology: It could be used to build far more compact accelerators and ...

Suddenly, there's a flash of intense light and heat, followed by a rapidly expanding fireball. Combustion of high explosives ...

Harmless pranks on the ground can mean serious trouble in the sky. Laser strikes are when people point a laser at a plane that’s in flight, and local pilots say the problem is getting worse.

A Russian company has deployed what it calls the "first space media satellite" into orbit as part of a plot to sell the night ...

Researchers from Aalto University in Finland demonstrated a proof-of-concept of laser-processed glass to be used as a type of solar concentrator for building integrated PV (BIPV) applications. The ...

Light doesn’t just travel in straight lines—it can also twist. And when it does, it opens new frontiers in science and ...

It has characteristics of both Acanthocephala and tiny animals called Rotifera, thus casting light on the origin of the acanthocephalans and bridging the evolutionary gap between jawed rotifers ...

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Loan growth for the year was reported at 13.6%, missing the bank’s target of 14–15%.