A new adaptive optics technology is set to transform gravitational-wave detection, allowing LIGO and future observatories like Cosmic Explorer to reach new heights. By correcting mirror distortions, ...

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A team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the University of California, Riverside, demonstrated how new optical ...

When neutron stars collide, they create a powerful gravitational-wave signal, with the post-merger remnant ringing like a ...

In a paper published earlier this month in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the ...

Researchers have discovered various topological structures in water waves (skyrmions, merons, Möbius and vortices with ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...

Laser diodes are semiconductors that generate light and amplify it using repeated reflection or "optical feedback." Once the ...

Photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers or PCSELs are laser diodes that generate laser beams through controlled light wave interaction within a photonic crystal structure. In a recent study, ...

LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the gravitational universe and the interactions that make the entire cosmos ...

By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, scientists could reveal hidden asymmetries in the universe.