Beijing: Chinese scientists have developed a new device that can create a laser beam from sound particles.
The device, created by researchers at Hunan Normal University in Shengsha, China, can produce an acoustic laser 10 times more powerful than previous devices.
Unlike traditional lasers (which emit light particles called photons in a narrow beam), this new laser emits sound particles called phonons.
Like optical lasers, sound lasers have the ability to transmit information at high speeds.
The Phonoz laser’s ability to pass through liquids without distortion, unlike light-based lasers, makes it more effective than existing technologies in everything from biomedicine to underwater surveillance.
During the experiments, the scientists used the phono laser for more than an hour. However, this technology is currently far from being introduced for practical use.
The details of the research were presented in a paper titled ‘Giant enhancement of higher-order harmonics of an optical-tweezer phonon laser’.
According to the research summary, the results of the study could be used for ultrasound scanning, atmospheric monitoring and even biomedical diagnostics.
