[Ben Krasnow], builder of amazingly complex and technical devices, is finally starting work on his ruby laser. He’s been collecting parts for this project for the past few years, but only recently has ...

Fifty years ago Sunday, a Hughes Labs researcher named Theodore Maiman changed the world. That day, Maiman became the first person on Earth to build a working laser, something that colleagues at a ...

The original “solution looking for a problem”, the laser is now 50 years old but still seems futuristic. This gallery charts the evolution of a technology that underpins everything from the ...

The arrival of a lightning bolt is an unmistakable phenomenon: a flash of light illuminates the sky as a buildup of electric charge connects with an object to release 300 million volts of electric ...

In all laser equipment laser rod acts as a very important role. Whether in industrial, medical laser equipment or laser equipment, laser rods play a very important role. Nd YAG is cubic crystal rod, ...