The research paper reports a breakthrough that will enable gravitational-wave detectors to reach extreme laser powers. It ...

In 2016, construction of the High Energy Laser Beam Control Research Testbed (HBCRT) was completed by the NPS research team.

By bouncing a low-power laser off of a piezo-actuated mirror, the hope is that the glasses will be able to project simple vector graphics onto a piece of reflective film usually used for ...

This is one facet of adaptive optics ... but by subtly deforming the surface of the telescope's mirror in exactly the right way to correct or "straighten out" the jumbled, distorted images ...

The frame is there, and a 150 W CO2 laser tube has been sitting in a box for ages – what else could you need? Sadly, at such a scale, aligning the mirrors is a tough and finicky job – and ...

known as a polarization mirror. In this way, the laser beams from the ten PCSELs are combined into one very powerful and high-quality beam. This PCSEL system is also much more space efficient.

"We ended up deciding that the only credible way to do it ... the mid-2030s. Each one would accelerate to its insane cruising speed within minutes, thanks to the mighty laser blast beamed into ...

While sat in front of a mirror, the baboons did not react or respond to the laser mark in the same way, suggesting they did not identify the baboon in the mirror as themselves. Overall ...