BMW laser headlights are amazing — until you see the $9,000 repair bill

BMW has always treated lighting as more than just a safety feature. Their laser headlights prove the point. First seen on the ...
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Unique composite architecture of phosphor-in-glass film coated on different heat-conducting substrates for high-brightness laser lighting

The PiGF@HCSs of PiGF@sapphire, PiGF@Al 2 O 3, PiGF@AlN, and PiGF@BN-AlN were fabricated by a simple film printing and low-temperature sintering technology. Using SEM techniques, the microstructures ...
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Schematic diagram illustrating the optical and thermal dynamics in core-cladding phosphor ceramics (CCPC) wafer and conventional phosphor ceramics (PC) under blue laser ...

This study presents a significant strategy to address the inherent trade-off between light spot confinement and luminous flux maximization through the design of optical fiber-like core-cladding ...
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500GB optical proof-of-concept could redefine archival data

Optera uses photoluminescence instead of lasers for long-term optical storage solutions Spectral hole burning encodes data by manipulating nanoscale phosphor lattice imperfections Multi-bit encoding ...