The road to creating a blue LED was long and rough, but in 1993, it burst onto the scene. Learn about the struggles and ...

As reported in Advanced Photonics Nexus, researchers at Fraunhofer IOF in Germany have developed a simpler solution: a single ...

Lasers, LEDs and light sources are devices that create light. LEDs (light emitting diodes) convert an electrical current into light using spontaneous emission in optically active semiconductors.

Laser-produced plasmas are plasmas produced by firing high-intensity beams of light. Laser-produced plasmas have been used to create short bursts of x-rays and to accelerate particles — so-called ...