What if you held in your hand a device so powerful it could ignite wood in seconds, melt metals with ease, and even create synthetic rubies? The world’s strongest handheld laser, boasting a staggering ...

Focused Energy, a fusion power startup, has signed an agreement to secure two of the world's most powerful lasers, specifically designed for their critical role in nuclear fusion research. This ...

In 1960, a scientist called Theodore H. Maiman invented the first ever laser. 65 years later, we’ve living in a laser-powered world, with the narrow light beams – ‘laser’ stands for Light ...

PowerLight Technologies has completed development and testing of a new wireless power system that uses lasers to recharge ...

IPG Photonics Corporation has unveiled a new line of high-power lasers based on a rack-integrated platform, designed to enhance manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs. These new lasers, showcased ...

The DragonFire laser directed-energy weapon achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial target. (Photo provided/British Defence Ministry) (THE CONVERSATION) ...

Laser-driven 'mirrors' capable of reflecting or manipulating light have been produced. The 'mirrors' exist for only a fragment of time but could help to reduce the size of ultra-high power lasers, ...

The U.S. Navy wants the smallest ever high-energy laser weapon, which it describes as ‘portable.’ As we will see, it is not exactly a laser rifle, but it is a step on the way. Laser weapons are now a ...