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1.  Professor Rand elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America  (May 2004):
Cited for "the invention of  novel solid-state lasers, such as the diamond laser, mode-locked upconversion lasers and laser phosphors

2.  Optics and Photonics News (OPN) feature article on Bright Storage of Light (2003).    Internet    PDF file

3.  United Press International (UPI) coverage of the cw random laser discoveries at UM (2002):    Internet      PDF file

4.  Optics and Photonics News (OPN) article on Stationary Light research at UM (2002):    PDF file

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5.  Photonics Spectra    Internet

6.  Business Week coverage of potential impact of laser phosphors on the lighting industry (2002):    PDF file