Smaller, cheaper, 300 times more intense: Scientists prove theory which could revolutionise lasers

Smaller, cheaper, 300 times more intense: Scientists prove theory which could revolutionise lasers: a groundbreaking method called Raman amplification which can take long laser pulses and compress them to 1000 times shorter, but with intensities 300 times greater.

This means that current very expensive and complex laser set-ups could eventually be replaced with smaller and more cost-effective systems. This would make many technologies, including methods used to develop x-rays which rely on lasers, far more accessible and easier to mass-produce.