Researchers have demonstrated an innovative technique for increasing the intensity of lasers. This approach, based on the compression of light pulses, would make it possible to reach a threshold ...

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Lana Sommer Kommunikation Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. Dr. Dietmar Kracht, Executive Director of Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), has accepted the call to become a University Professor of Applied ...

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In a paper that made the cover of the journal Applied Physics Letters, an international team of researchers has demonstrated an innovative technique for increasing the intensity of lasers. This ...