The U.S. Army has walked away from its 300-kilowatt laser weapon program, the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy ...

The U.S. Army's 300 kilowatt Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser system won't transition to a program of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible. Staff Sgt. Donald ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A low-cost, high-power laser-based system aimed at destroying incoming missiles has successfully completed testing and will be ready for operational use by the military later ...

Adaptive laser beam shaping with a deformable mirror enables efficient energy and material usage in laser welding and ...

UA researchers are experimenting with a new type of laser capable of firing high-intensity bursts of light that could one day be used to divert lightning away from buildings. The powerful lasers ...

High-power laser diodes constitute a critical element in contemporary photonic systems, delivering efficient, compact, and reliable sources of coherent light for a variety of applications ranging from ...

For the first time, a quantum radiation reaction in strong electromagnetic fields has been demonstrated experimentally by ...

For years the laser was infamous as the solution in search of a problem and although lasers could be spectacular, they were hardly weapons-grade in the 1960s. Just look at the fact that the power of ...

Spectral beam combining (SBC) has emerged as a promising technique to enhance the output power and brightness of diode laser systems by merging multiple beams of discrete wavelengths into a single, ...