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. 1986 Jan 31;231(4737):486-8.
doi: 10.1126/science.231.4737.486.

Lasing droplets: highlighting the liquid-air interface by laser emission

S X Qian, J B Snow, H M Tzeng, R K Chang

Lasing droplets: highlighting the liquid-air interface by laser emission

S X Qian et al. Science. .

Abstract

When dye-doped ethanol droplets are irradiated with an intense pulsed laser beam, the resulting laser emission from individual droplets highlights the liquid-air interface. Photographs of the lasing droplets in the micrometer size range taken in a single 10-nanosecond laser pulse clearly show the dynamic changes in droplet size, shape, and orientation.

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