Thursday, June 24, 2010

Applied physics: The dark side of the laser : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Applied physics: The dark side of the laser : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
"Normally, lasers are amplified using two mirrors that reflect light between them, but Cundiff's group deposited light-absorbing material onto one of the mirrors. The laser still emitted light, but it flickered off at an extremely rapid and predictable rate"

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