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Lasers Go Ultralong
Researchers have made a Raman fiber laser that is longer—if stretched out—than the distance from San Francisco to San Diego, and three times the length of the next-longest laser reported in 2006.
Researchers in the United Kingdom, Spain and Russia collaborated to build the world’s longest laser.
Researchers have made a Raman fiber laser that is longer—if stretched out—than the distance from San Francisco to San Diego, and three times the length of the next-longest laser reported in 2006. The 270-km fiber laser demonstrates new features of light behaviors in a cavity and creates novel possibilities in telecommunications and secure communications.
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