The demonstration of a 'mirrorless' ultralong Raman fibre laser that provides stable, spatially incoherent continuous-wave lasing may prove to be an important new light source for applications in nonlinear optics, sensing and telecommunications.
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Fotiadi, A. An incoherent fibre laser. Nature Photon 4, 204–205 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.76
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