Solid-state lasers are lasers made from crystalline materials. The very first laser used ruby as a solid-state active region in 1960, and there are now hundreds of known alternatives.

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In medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) distribution grid, the solid-state transformer (SST) with battery energy storage system (BESS) can be used for energy exchange, voltage matching and port power ...

The ab initio constant-pressure molecular dynamics method was applied to investigate the high-pressure chemistry of hydrogen-bonded solid HBr. It is shown that the molecular solid becomes unstable ...

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Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both crystalline solids in which the atoms are positioned on a repeating three ...

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Solid-state reactions between micrometer-size powders are among the oldest, simplest, and still widely used methods for the fabrication of inorganic solids. These reactions are intrinsically slow ...