Recent advances in ultrafast laser technology have enabled precise interrogation of molecular dynamics on timescales down to tens of femtoseconds. This field investigates how strong laser fields ...

Strong field laser physics investigates the interaction between intense laser pulses and matter, a domain where non-linear phenomena such as multiphoton absorption, tunnelling ionisation, and ...

Strong laser fields were supposed to be the cleanest way to watch electrons move, yet the latest experiments show that the vacuum itself can quietly reshape what those fields do. By flooding matter ...

Ultrashort bursts of laser light are giving scientists a way to freeze one of chemistry’s most elusive moments, the instant ...

Bringing protons up to speed with strong laser pulses -- this still young concept promises many advantages over conventional accelerators. For instance, it seems possible to build much more compact ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

A laser light beam passes between a loudspeaker-reflector array that creates a grating of air. The laser beam interacts with this grating and is deflected without contact. Using a novel method, beams ...

A process important to black holes and supernovas has for the first time been demonstrated in a laboratory. A promising method for producing and observing on Earth a process important to black holes, ...

Guiding lasers where they need to go is a key part of optics systems, and now engineers at DESY have developed a way to bend laser beams without anything touching them. The light is deflected using an ...