Author: Joe Schwartz, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Date: 7/7/1995
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From the August 1995 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
The Benefits of Background Noise
by Frank Moss and Kurt Wiesenfeld
This 640 x 412 pixel image depicts how ring lasers exhibit stochastic resonance. Acoustic waves placed in a laser's path can make the light reverse its rotation at a regular rate or at random.