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WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 3, 2013 — A new optical parametric amplifier that's extremely efficient and small enough to fit on a desktop generates light pulses of more than 10 terawatts, physicists in Poland report. The compact optical amplifier, constructed by a team from the Laser Centre of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) and the Faculty of Physics of Warsaw University, represents an important step toward construction of compact, portable, relatively low cost high-power laser devices that could revolutionize cancer treatments, they said. “Theoretically, the...Read full article

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    Published: October 2013
    Basic ScienceBiophotonicscancer treatmentEuropeLasersMaterials & ChemicalsOPAoptical amplifieroptical parametric amplifierOpticsparametric amplifierPolish Academy of SciencesprotonsResearch & TechnologyspectroscopyWarsaw

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