Astrolight CEO Laurynas Mačiulis explains how laser satellite communication could ease spectrum congestion, increase data capacity, and raise new engineering and policy questions for space ...

A Russian FPV drone was destroyed after an encounter with a weird new Ukrainian weapon. Is this a high-powered laser or something else entirely?

Physicists in Germany have generated what they call a "special" state of matter, using a three-dimensional optical interference pattern. Turning up the intensity of this pattern created a gaseous ...

A good rifle scope maintains optical clarity, minimizes parallax, is non-reflective and is resistant to moisture, dirt and mechanical shock. These scopes must also be suitable in a wide variety of ...

The device, a Photonic Lantern, produced via microscopic 3D printing, collects light from arrays of small semiconductor lasers called Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, and combines them into a ...