The researchers placed a liquid crystal inside a random laser source. (scientificamerican.com)
Just last month, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Romania were together charged with building the pan-European Extreme Light Infrastructure, which is to host the most powerful laser source in the world by 2015. (sciencemag.org)
«Using broadly tunable laser sources rather than the fixed wavelength source used in this paper can extend this method to detection of other hydrocarbons, threat materials such as chemical warfare agents and explosives, and other biologically important substances used in healthcare and diagnostics,» said Hempler. (sciencedaily.com)