News tagged with random lasers

How 'random' lasers work

When University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no one could explain how it worked and some doubted it was real. Now, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New laser technology brings perfect focus to medical advances

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of St Andrews' School of Physics and Astronomy have developed a new laser imaging technique that overcomes visual distortions and promises advances in deep tissue ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 14, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 4 feature

With random lasers, Yale researchers fight random noise, improve imaging

(Phys.org) -- Using “random lasers” as a source of illumination in medical imaging equipment could improve both processing time and the clarity of the final images, according to new research by Yale ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 8 | with audio podcast