Yale Scientists Create the World's First Anti-Laser

Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 17:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Ever want to cancel out a laser beam? Now you can There are aspects of science that lend the subject its reputation, at least among schoolchildren, for being "boring" (Punnett squares come to mind). Then there are things like lasers that are completely awesome, regardless of whether you're eight years old or 80. Which is why it's mind-blowing that in what must be the least fun science lab in all the universe, researchers have developed an anti-laser. That's right, Yale scientists are undoing perfectly good laser beams. But the development of a device that can absorb an incoming laser beam entirely does have some decidedly interesting implications, not least in optical computing systems. Related ArticlesHarvard Scientists Control and Steer Live Worms Using Laser Light Laser Beam May Have Set Intensity RecordALTB FAIL: Airborne Laser Weapon Fails Second Test Firing in a RowTagsScience, Clay Dillow, anti-laser, energy, lasers, lazing, optical computers, optical systemsThe...

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