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Like its bigger brothers, the new system works by focusing a laser beam on a distant target, like a drone.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
Gravitational-wave observatories such as the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, do this by splitting a laser beam to travel along a pair of 2.5-mile-long (4-kilometer-long) tracks at right angles and bounce back off mirrors at the ends.
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Alex Krasnok,
The Conversation,
20 May 2026
No sense in going the shotgun route if the problem can be solved by a narrow laser beam approach.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Back-end optics—light-focusing lenses, tracking sensors, fast-steering mirrors and other components—fine-tune the laser beam.
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Adam Bluestein,
Scientific American,
5 Apr. 2026
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
Gravitational-wave observatories such as the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, do this by splitting a laser beam to travel along a pair of 2.5-mile-long (4-kilometer-long) tracks at right angles and bounce back off mirrors at the ends.
—
Alex Krasnok,
The Conversation,
20 May 2026
No sense in going the shotgun route if the problem can be solved by a narrow laser beam approach.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Back-end optics—light-focusing lenses, tracking sensors, fast-steering mirrors and other components—fine-tune the laser beam.
—
Adam Bluestein,
Scientific American,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Laser beam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laser%20beam. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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