New posts in Laser

What is Chirped Pulse Amplification, and why is it important enough to warrant a Nobel Prize?

Stimulated emission: how can giving energy to electrons make them decay to a lower state?

How do you measure small change in the angle of polarisation of a light beam? What is the smallest measurable angle?

Why isn't normal light used to cut stuff?

Why produces a laser coherent radiation?

Can the phase of a light wave be measured experimentally?

How laser output intensity is controlled electrically?

Nuclear-transition laser

What causes a simultaneous transition of an electron from a higher orbit to a lower one when exposed to a photon of suitable wavelength?

How subjective laser speckle pattern is formed