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Record-Breaking Terahertz Laser Beam

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 21 2020, @02:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the illuminating dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Terahertz radiation is used for security checks at airports, for medical examinations and also for quality checks in industry. However, radiation in the terahertz range is extremely difficult to generate. Scientists at TU Wien have now succeeded in developing a terahertz radiation source that breaks several records: it is extremely efficient, and its spectrum is very broad—it generates different wavelengths from the entire terahertz range. This opens up the possibility of creating short radiation pulses with extremely high radiation intensity. The new terahertz technology has now been presented in the journal Nature Communications.

More information: Anastasios D. Koulouklidis et al. Observation of extremely efficient terahertz generation from mid-infrared two-color laser filaments, Nature Communications (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14206-x

Journal information: Nature Communications

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:56AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:56AM (#946156) Journal

    Now we can get cooked faster at "extremely high radiation intensity" every time before boarding a flight.
    I just can't wait for faster boarding checks and the ensuing skin blisters.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 21 2020, @04:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 21 2020, @04:03AM (#946160)

    Snowcrash is coming true.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Tuesday January 21 2020, @06:57AM (1 child)

    by mhajicek (51) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @06:57AM (#946200)

    Look forward to cops and security guards wandering around scanning everyone with their handheld backscatter scanners.

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