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Dr. Omer Kneller (left) and Chen Mor direct a laser beam before it enters the experimental setup. The experiment required a powerful laser beam that could produce exceptionally short, attosecond light pulses. Photo: Noa Yaffe
13.03.2025

A new Weizmann Institute method reveals how lasers can instantly alter the properties of matter

Freezing with Lasers Creates Aligned Ice Crystals
12.10.2020

Supercooled water zapped in just the right way enabled perfect control over the process

blue horizontal light on black background
06.08.2020

Some of the fastest light pulses ever take on solid materials

Returning Light
23.12.2019

Institute physicists solve a "hard problem" with lasers and a hint

chirality cartoon
12.12.2019

Light that switches direction every few billionths of a billionth of a second may be the fastest way yet to study ultrafast “mirror-image”...

separating chiral molecules illustration
22.08.2019

Using lasers to separate chiral molecules had been predicted - but never before demonstrated

Fast and Slow Measurement: Revealing the Shape of a Pulse
07.05.2019

Two ultrafast pulses, measured together, create a kind of shape-revealing hologram 

SO2 molecules line up
07.03.2019

A new method for aligning molecules could advance the field of x-ray crystallography

better resolution
28.01.2019

A new method of ultra-high resolution microscopy relies on quantum physics and lasers

Photons Stopped in Time
15.03.2018

A new method of trapping single photons could bring quantum memory one step closer

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