Photons Following Guide (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Photons Following Guide

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In random lasers, the photons emitted in many directions are instead wrangled by shining light into a liquid-crystal medium, guiding the resulting particles with that beam of light. Therefore, there is no need for the large, mirrored structure required in traditional applications

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Case Western Reserve University

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