Redwire, a developer of space infrastructure "for the next generation space economy", has announced the first sale of its space-manufactured optical potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystal to ...

Laser applications may benefit from crystal research by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and China's Shandong University. They have discovered a potential way to ...

Slices of a potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystal will be used to convert the laser light from infrared light to ultraviolet wavelengths Click here to see a slide show of the technology behind ...

New research suggests that the relatively large crystals used to change several properties of light in lasers -- changes that are crucial for making lasers into practical tools -- might be created by ...