There are many different types of lasers—almost as many as there are applications for the same—but what ties them all together as a class is that they depend on the same physical effect: stimulated ...

They're in grocery store scanners, internet connections and car backup cameras. Whether you realize it or not, you interact with lasers every day. This light-based technology has helped build the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (THE CONVERSATION) Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea ...

A well-established technique in industry, laser micromachining uses lasers to mark, cut, and drill workpieces with extremely high precision. 1 Using ultrashort pulsed lasers, laser-based solutions are ...