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The Laser That Once Filled a Lab Now Fits on a Tiny Chip

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The Laser That Once Filled a Lab Now Fits on a Tiny Chip
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Scientists have finally packed a laboratory-class ultrafast laser onto a tiny photonic chip. Ultrafast lasers generate bursts of light that last only a few hundred femtoseconds, each one just a quadrillionth of a second long. These extremely short pulses are used in a wide range of technologies, including precision manufacturing, eye surgery, and optical frequency [...]

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