Physicists have created a compact laser that emits extremely bright, short pulses of light in a useful but difficult-to-achieve wavelength range, packing the performance of larger photonic devices ...

A new class of semiconductors that can store information in electric fields could enable computers that run on less power, ...

Semiconductor chips have traditionally been manufactured in two dimensions. But as devices become more powerful and compact, ...

Opaque materials can transmit light when excited by a high-intensity laser beam. This process, known as optical bleaching, ...

Researchers demonstrate ultrafast transparency switching across multiple wavelengths using single laser excitation in germanium ...

Physicists at Harvard have developed a powerful new laser-on-a-chip that emits bright pulses in the mid-infrared spectrum – ...