Abstract Random Lasers (RLs) and Random Fiber Lasers (RFLs) have been the subject of
intense research since their first experimental demonstration in 1994 and 2007, respectively …

Scattering of light by disordered structures is a common phenomenon in our daily life. For
many scientific applications, scattering is often treated as a detrimental effect. However …

Random lasers are intriguing devices with promising applications as light sources for
imaging, sensing, super-resolution spectral analysis or complex networks engineering …

Random Raman lasers attract now a great deal of attention as they operate in non-active
turbid or transparent scattering media. In the last case, single mode fibers with feedback via …

The field of optically pumped planar waveguide lasers has seen a rapid development over
the last two decades driven by the requirements of a range of applications. This sustained …

Luminescence is an essential signal for many plants, insects, and marine organisms to
attract the opposite sex, avoid predators, and so on. Most luminescent living organisms have …

In this review, the concept of open cavity lasing for ultrasensitive sensing is explored,
specifically in driving important innovations as laser-based biosensors─ a field mostly …

In a random laser the optical feedback is provided by scattering rather than by an optical
cavity. Then, since its emission characteristics are very susceptible to the scattering details, it …

In a random laser (RL), optical feedback arises from multiple scattering instead of
conventional mirrors. RLs generate a laser-like emission, and meanwhile take advantage of …

The research field of photonic crystals (PhCs) remains active on a global scale. PhCs, which
are periodic optical nanostructures with the characteristics of excellent light field …