[Discuss] Question tossed out to everyone.

[pw]

Andrew Burgess wrote:
> Is anyone in this group a UVic engineering or chemical engineering
> student or prof that could answer a question or direct me to a 
> person/site that could give me info on materials that LASE under certain 
> conditions please?
> Thanks.
> 

Materials that generate stimulated emissions...(???)
Almost everything fluoresces given an adequate
excitation energy level. Some just have lower
excitation levels than others and don't burst
into flames. What's your application?

Ruby is nice. Use a xenon flash tube.

Peter