Plasma as a fast optical switch

Monday, November 8, 2010 - 08:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists are presenting new research on a laser that uses relativistic effects to turn otherwise opaque plasma transparent, creating an ultra-fast optical switch useful in next-generation particle accelerators.

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