News tagged with random lasing
Is random lasing possible with a cold atom cloud?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Random lasing, Robin Kaiser tells PhysOrg.com, is like standard lasing, with a little bit of a twist: “You don’t know the direction the photons will go, as you do with a more standard laser. This is becaus ...
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Can silver nanoparticles be the key to a more compact laser?
Jun 09, 2008 |
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“In random media, multiple scattering and interference reduce the diffusion of light, and in case of extremely strong scattering, photon localization, or Anderson localization of light, is predicted like electrons in glasses,” ...
New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicists
May 27, 2008 |
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Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional ...
Advance by chemists may lead to better displays on laptop computers, cell phones
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 18, 2007 |
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UCLA chemists working at the nanoscale have developed a new, inexpensive means of forcing luminescent polymers to give off polarized light and of confining that light to produce polymer-based lasers.
Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Light scattering” and “optical performance” are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. The results are impressive ...
Big impact from tiny semiconductor lasers
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A massive European effort to develop high-brightness semiconductor lasers could transform healthcare, telecoms and display applications and make Europe an undisputed leader in the field.
New 'Mystery Google' search engine delivers random results
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Looking for an Internet search engine that delivers totally random results?
Coupling of Single Quantum Dots to Smooth Metal Films
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory's CNM Nanophotonics Group have measured how light emission from individual colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, is modified when in proximity to ...
Magnetic brain stimulation improves skill learning
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 07, 2009 |
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The use of magnetic pulses to stimulate the dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) region of the brain results in an improved ability to learn a skilled motor task. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience show t ...
Random DNA mix-ups not so random in cancer development
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have pinpointed a mechanism that may help explain how chromosomal translocations - the supposedly random shuffling of large chunks of DNA that frequently lead to cancer - ...
World's smallest semiconductor laser heralds new era in optical science
Aug 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have reached a new milestone in laser physics by creating the world's smallest semiconductor laser, capable of generating visible light ...
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