A Laser Spark Plug Saves Fuel and Reduces Emissions
Many of us will recall the science fiction comics of the 1970s, when lasers were imagined for everything from free-space communications to rocket propulsion. Some of these ideas have become reality — such as a new level of laser-based data transport around the world. Others, meanwhile, never made it past our wildest dreams. Courtesy of Fraunhofer IOF and INFLPR, Romania. One application that several companies and research institutions have pursued is laser ignition of
Photonics Spectra, July 2025