The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...
However, the PowerLight system is a step toward real-world deployment in mobile platforms. Recent testing has proved the viability of the transmitter and receiver, but PowerLight has yet to conduct ...
Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...
Transcelestial, a startup developing optical communications technologies, has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space Technologies.
A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called ...
Scientists have demonstrated that light alone can reversibly control magnetism in a topological material. Researchers at the University of Basel and ETH Zurich have found a way to flip the magnetic ...
The U.S. Navy has quietly crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction, using a high energy laser to burn ...
The US Navy has revealed new details about a laser weapon test conducted last ...
Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons. Magnetic fields then funnel and accelerate the ...