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After 20 years, scientists finally shrink a powerful laser onto a chip

EPFL shrinks a femtosecond laser onto a photonic chip

Researchers at EPFL report a chip-scale ultrafast laser that matches tabletop femtosecond performance, a long-sought milestone in integrated photonics.

Key Takeaways

EPFL researchers say they matched tabletop femtosecond laser performance on a chip.
The result could make advanced laser systems smaller and cheaper.

DT Editorial Team·Jun 5, 2026·via sciencedaily.com

Quantum Light Delivers a 20-Fold Boost to Ultrafast Laser Processes

A Nature study shows bright squeezed vacuum can drive nonlinear laser interactions far more efficiently, reducing the need for destructive intensity levels.

Key Takeaways

Researchers used bright squeezed vacuum to enhance a nonlinear optical process.
The study reported a 20-fold boost compared with ordinary light at the same average power.

DT Editorial Team·May 30, 2026·via phys.org

The Navy Wants More Shipboard Lasers, but Power Limits Remain the Barrier

U.S. Navy leaders are again making the case for directed-energy weapons, but their own testimony shows the central obstacle has not changed: current surface ships still struggle to provide the power and cooling laser war

Key Takeaways

The Navy says laser weapons are important for future missile defense and preserving VLS capacity.
Current surface ships still face serious power and cooling limits.

DT Editorial Team·May 23, 2026·via defensenews.com

A New Laser Process Could Make Solar Panel Recycling Less Destructive

Researchers at the University of Virginia say a continuous-wave infrared laser can remove backsheets from end-of-life silicon solar modules without damaging glass or wafers, pointing to a lower-energy recycling approach.

DT Editorial Team·May 14, 2026·via pv-magazine.com

Space

Researchers at Texas A&M have demonstrated microscopic devices that can be lifted and steered in three dimensions using only laser light, a lab result that could strengthen long-term efforts toward laser-driven inter

DT Editorial Team·Apr 28, 2026·via universetoday.com

Science

Two highly precise hydrogen experiments now agree with the smaller proton measurement that once shocked physics, strengthening the case that the particle’s radius is about 0.84 femtometres.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 11, 2026·via newscientist.com

Innovation

A new quantum racetrack laser design could shrink spectrometer functions from laboratory systems down to microchip-scale devices.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 3, 2026·via interestingengineering.com