A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed an optical fiber that will allow for more versatile laser-radar technology. Made with zinc ...

In their first semester, some Cornell engineering students don’t just learn about lasers in class — they build them. This hands-on intensity is exactly what stood out to students in ENGRI 1100: ...

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) -Silicon Valley startup xLight has raised $40 million, aiming to build the first prototype of a new class of laser that could shake up the global chip industry and ...

Smoke rose from a drone after it was shot down by a 50-kW laser mounted on a U.S. Army Stryker vehicle. Credit: U.S. Army High-energy lasers are having a long-overdue moment. Two incidents in late ...

Forward-looking: Defense contractors are eagerly awaiting a new class of laser-based weapons to enter active combat service. Kent-based PowerLight Technologies, however, is focused on a very different ...