To begin their research, the team built a small, tethered lightsail within a larger membrane. They then shined a visible ...

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

Cheap diode laser cutters and engravers operate in the visible part of the spectrum ... one used in the popular K40 machines, the infrared beam is invisible to the naked eye.

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

However, Abrahao’s team demonstrated that under specific conditions, light itself—specifically, a laser beam—can block another beam, forming a visible shadow. “Our demonstration of a very ...

Breakthrough Starshot is planning a laser beam, probably in the visible spectrum, that will push directly on light sails attached to the probe. However, given the current state of optical ...

A team of researchers at JILA, led by Professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, has developed a groundbreaking ...

Lasers are useful because they produce powerful beams of collimated ... to create light with a wide spectrum that can span the visible and near-infrared, typically from around 400 to 2,000 ...

Electron beams produced in laser–plasma accelerators ... by ultrafast X-ray or visible probing. Novel laser-based sources will provide the necessary tools.

An initiative called Breakthrough Starshot wants to explore another star system using ultra-powerful laser beams and wafer-thin spaceships. It's a goal that sounds so fantastic, you'd be forgiven ...