Laser Cavity

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Created 9/6/2001 5:00:00 AM

Silicon fluorescent nanoparticles when aggregated make crystals. The microscopic cavity was designed by coating the crystal with an acrylic gel. The thin acrylic shell is the cavity. When hit with a green light in the 560 nm range, the cavities fluoresce in the red at 620 nm. Note the beam.

Credits

• Munier Nayfe , Department of Physics
• Sahraoui Chaieb , Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics & Beckman Institute