Recent advances and applications of random lasers and random fiber lasers

ASL Gomes, AL Moura, CB de Araújo… - Progress in Quantum …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Lasing in nanocomposite random media

F Luan, B Gu, ASL Gomes, KT Yong, S Wen… - Nano Today, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Turbulence hierarchy in a random fibre laser

IRR González, BC Lima, PIR Pincheira… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Turbulence is a challenging feature common to a wide range of complex phenomena.
Random fibre lasers are a special class of lasers in which the feedback arises from multiple …

A smart mask for active defense against coronaviruses and other airborne pathogens

RR Kalavakonda, NVR Masna… - IEEE Consumer …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Face masks provide effective, easy-to-use, and low-cost protection against airborne
pathogens or infectious agents, including SARS-CoV-2. Existing masks are all passive in …

The role of polymers in random lasing

L Sznitko, J Mysliwiec… - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this review article, we describe the basic principles of random laser operation with
particular emphasis on π‐conjugated, dye‐doped and biologically inspired polymers …

Recent advances in air lasing: a perspective from quantum coherence

L Yuan, Y Liu, J Yao, Y Cheng - Advanced Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The research topic of air lasing is of fundamental and practical importance, which has grown
rapidly in the past decade. Air lasing, or a laser‐like emission from air species including …

Gain-Based Mechanism for Sensing Based on Random Lasing

M Gaio, S Caixeiro, B Marelli, FG Omenetto… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
Here, we investigate the mechanism of a random-lasing-based sensor which shows p H
sensitivity exceeding by 2 orders of magnitude that of a conventional fluorescence sensor …

Wavefront shaping enhanced Raman scattering in a turbid medium

JV Thompson, GA Throckmorton, BH Hokr… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Spontaneous Raman scattering is a powerful tool for chemical sensing and imaging but
suffers from a weak signal. In this Letter, we present an application of adaptive optics to …

External feedback assisted reduction of the lasing threshold of a continuous wave random laser in a dye doped polymer film and demonstration of speckle free …

A Pramanik, S Biswas, P Kumbhakar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The applications of random laser (RL) are still restricted, due to its complexity, high lasing
threshold, unstable nature, difficulty in tuning and modulating its light emission …

Multi-wavelength emission through self-induced second-order wave-mixing processes from a Nd3+ doped crystalline powder random laser

AL Moura, V Jerez, LJQ Maia, ASL Gomes… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Random lasers (RLs) based on neodymium ions (Nd3+) doped crystalline powders rely on
multiple light scattering to sustain laser oscillation. Although Stokes and anti-Stokes Nd3+ …