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Controlling random lasing action

Nature Physics volume 18, pages 976–979 (2022)Cite this article

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Random lasers made out of disordered media have a rich but often unpredictable laser light emission, in all directions and over many frequencies. Strategies for taming random lasing are emerging, which have the potential to deliver programmable lasers with unprecedented properties.

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Fig. 1: Sketch of a random laser.
Fig. 2: Designed disorder.
Fig. 3: Designed optical gain.

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