According to a study published in the latest issue of “Optics”, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have developed a new laser oscillator. The lasers generated by it all set new records for such laser pulses in terms of average power and intensity. Its average power reached 550 watts, exceeding the previous record by more than 50%. The duration of this laser pulse is less than 1 picosecond, and it can be emitted from the laser in an orderly manner at an ultra-high speed of 5 million pulses per second. These ultra-strong and “short-lived” laser pulses can be used in many fields such as material processing, ophthalmic surgery, and precision measurement, and are also expected to spawn more accurate atomic clocks.

According to a study published in the latest issue of “Optics”, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have developed a new laser oscillator. The lasers generated by it all set new records for such laser pulses in terms of average power and intensity. Its average power reached 550 watts, exceeding the previous record by more than 50%. The duration of this laser pulse is less than 1 picosecond, and it can be emitted from the laser in an orderly manner at an ultra-high speed of 5 million pulses per second. These ultra-strong and “short-lived” laser pulses can be used in many fields such as material processing, ophthalmic surgery, and precision measurement, and are also expected to spawn more accurate atomic clocks.