{"id":24025,"date":"2020-11-20T20:53:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T20:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/20\/new-army-research-breakthrough-could-lead-to-more-powerful-lasers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:22:22","slug":"new-army-research-breakthrough-could-lead-to-more-powerful-lasers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/11\/20\/new-army-research-breakthrough-could-lead-to-more-powerful-lasers\/","title":{"rendered":"New Army research breakthrough could lead to more powerful lasers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new way to create diamond-structured crystals, discovered by Army researchers, creates a method for scientists to build more powerful lasers, which are found in key targeting and missile defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The standard way of making the necessary crystal structures for lasers uses either string-like or \u201cclose-packed cubic colloidal crystals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those forms didn\u2019t provide the necessary foundation for use with certain wavelengths of light.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/10\/22\/beetle-shell-holds-science-secrets-for-air-force-researchers-making-tougher-planes-armor\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/beetle.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Beetle shell holds science secrets for Air Force researchers making tougher planes, armor<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Researchers are also looking at structures in mantis shrimp and bighorn sheep.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new diamond lattice structure that\u2019s been created could play a major role in more efficient, smaller, lightweight laser systems, light-based quantum computing, atomic clocks and gyroscopes \u2014 all key to precision navigation and timing, the backbone of complex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/239436\" target=_blank>modern targeting systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cphotonic technique\u201d was conducted by researchers at multiple universities, funded through Army research into laser technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s been a great desire among engineers to make a diamond structure,\u201d said David Pine, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at New York University, one of the co-authors of a recently published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2718-6\" target=_blank>article in the journal Nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost researchers had given up on it, to tell you the truth \u2014 we may be the only group in the world who is still working on this. I think the publication of the paper will come as something of a surprise to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evan Runnerstrom, the program manager for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/239436\" target=_blank>Army Research Office<\/a>, part of the Combat Capabilities Development Command, spoke with Army Times about the new development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know that particular structures like the diamond lattice are really attractive to being able to control light in 3D,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you trap light or design the structure in certain ways, you can direct the light in certain ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a practical example, he said that the laser from this kind of structure would be more sensitive to detecting an incoming projectile and use less battery power in a field scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the laboratory research isn\u2019t going to hit a system immediately, Runnerstrom estimated that the process will show whether it is scalable and worth pursuing over the next three to five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colloidal crystals consist of microscopic spheres that can be arranged into a variety of shapes, depending on how they link up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each attaches to another by way of DNA strands glued to surfaces of the colloids like a \u201cmolecular Velcro.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colloids collide in a liquid bath, the DNA snags and they link. The structures can then be programmed into complex structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because they do this spontaneously, scientists can likely complete the process at a much higher scale. Past attempts have approached the problem in a top-down way, Runnerstrom said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That requires separately patterning every layer, which is very labor-intensive and not conducive to creating a more complex, open structure such as the diamond lattice, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Runnerstrom said the science behind this has vexed many researchers in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany people have tried and not been successful,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat made this successful was Pine approached ARO with a compelling idea. 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