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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Sapienza, R. Controlling random lasing action. Nat. Phys. 18, 976–979 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01655-3
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