The only real laser weapon that saw service during the 20th century was a low-power laser used by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War to temporarily dazzle and distract enemy pilots. Not that ...

Within atomic and laser physics communities, scientist John “Jan” Hall is a key figure in the history of laser frequency stabilization and precision measurement using lasers. Hall's work revolved ...

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...

A schematic of a laser going through an AOM, which sends sound waves into a silicon cavity. Credit: Kenna Hughes-Castleberry/JILA/Ye and Hall Groups Within atomic and laser physics communities, ...