Shaping up a Laser (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Shaping up a Laser

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Engineers at Princeton found that by carefully shaping the area to which energy is delivered within a laser can dramatically improve the laser's performance. The researchers developed a mathematical approach to optimizing the pattern of energy delivery to achieve a desired outcome. In the case shown, pumping energy into a diamond shape produces powerful directional emission of light from the laser.

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Omer Malik, Tureci Group, Princeton University

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