Self-assembling microlaser adapts to its environment – Physics World - physicsworld.com

Self-organizing lasers could pave the way towards new functional materials for sensing, light-based computing and smart displays

Life-like laser: Titanium dioxide microparticles clustering around a Janus particle. The dashed line delineates the lasing area, and the pink/yellow lines show the 275 s-long tracks of several microp… [+3510 chars]

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