House laser to detect ripples in material of the universe
This is what the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna observatory might look like. ESA/NASA Hunting for gravitational waves, faint disturbances in the curvature of space-time, is not easy. Researchers have to wait for extreme cosmic events -- like a black hole collision -- and use ground-based lasers at the LIGO facilities in the US and the…
Area laser model to find ripples in material of deep space...
The LISA mission will detect gravitational waves from space with an extremely precise space laser system.
5 Words That Mean Something Various To A Laser Physicist
It has been quite a stressful week for me, I am quite new to research and I got my first chance to help write an experimental proposal this week. Having read many scientific papers, I realised how important the language I use is and that certain words that mean something to me, a laser physicist,…
We Might Develop a Powerful Laser and Let Any Civilizations Within...
A powerful laser is just the thing to announce our presence as a technological species in this arm of the galaxy. Engineers would line up to work on that project. But is it a good idea to let any mysterious galactic neighbours know we’re here? A pair of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Nobel Reward In Physics 2018: How To Make Ultra-Intense Ultra-Short Laser...
Illustration of Chirped Pulse Amplification from press materials released by the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesJohan Jarnestad for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced this morning "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics." This is really two half-prizes, though: one to Arthur Ashkin for the…
