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Researchers at EPFL have created the first chip-scale ultrafast laser that matches the performance of traditional tabletop femtosecond lasers. The device delivers pulses as short as 147 femtoseconds with energies of 1.05 nanojoules.

May 21, 2026 Iniulat ng AI

An international research team has developed a single mathematical framework that explains the unusual rhythmic behavior of breather laser pulses. The breakthrough unites two previously separate regimes of laser dynamics for the first time.