Photonics
Groundbreaking optical fiber blazes new data transmission speed record
Researchers used an optical fiber containing a groundbreaking 19 cores that each carry a signal to transmit data at 1.7 petabits per second!
Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet’s traffic per second!
Even more impressive is the fact this new speed record was set using a single light source and a single optical chip!
Israel successfully tests new laser missile defense system
The goal is to deploy the laser systems around Israel’s borders over the next decade to protect the country against attacks
NASA’s new rover just shot a rock with its laser (audio)
“You’re listening to the first audio recordings of laser strikes on Mars”
The USAF is putting Death Rays on fighter jets. Yes, Death Rays!
The laser must be focused on the fast-moving missile long enough to have an effect
World first: Magurele laser system reaches 10PW; project manager calls it dream come true
On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, the 10PW (ten millions of billions of Watts) performance of ELI-NP's High Power Laser System was officially released as a world first and a demonstrative test was presented. That is "a tenth of the entire Sun's power on Earth concentrated in a ray of light," according to ELI-NP project manager Nicolae Zamfir.
Academy Chairman Vlad: Romania is playing an important part in basic Photonics research
Romania is playing an important part in basic Photonics research, Chairman of the Romanian Academy Ionel-Valentin Vlad said Tuesday in the opening speech to the ROMOPTO Micro/Nano Photonics international conference in Bucharest.
Most powerful laser in Europe, inaugurated in Magurele
The most powerful laser in Europe and the second worldwide, of one petawatt, was inaugurated at the National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) of Magurele (south-east of Bucharest) on Tuesday.