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Adaptive pumping for spectral control of random lasers
N. Bachelard, S. Gigan, X. Noblin +1
A laser is not necessarily a sophisticated device: Pumping energy into an amplifying medium randomly filled with scatterers, a powder for instance, makes a perfect "random laser."…
Optofluidic random laser
B. N. Shivakiran Bhaktha, Xavier Noblin, Patrick Sebbah
An active disordered medium able to lase is called a random laser (RL). We demonstrate random lasing due to inherent disorder in a dye circulated structured microfluidic channel. W…
Remote control of moving sessile droplets
Xavier Noblin, Richard Kofman, Franck Celestini
We recently put in evidence (\cite{noblin2}) that combined vertical and horizontal vibrations can induced a controlled motion of a sessile supported drop. In this video we generali…
Surface tension propulsion of fungal spores by use of microdroplets
Xavier Noblin, Sylvia Yang, Jacques Dumais
Many edible mushrooms eject their spores (about 10 microns in size) at high speed (about 1 m/s) using surface tension forces in a few microseconds. Basically the coalescence of a d…
Water jet rebounds on hydrophobic surfaces : a first step to jet micro-fluidics
Franck Celestini, R. Kofman, Xavier Noblin +1
When a water jet impinges upon a solid surface it produces a so called hydraulic jump that everyone can observe in the sink of its kitchen. It is characterized by a thin liquid she…