![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920093659im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Harvard University Engineers Demonstrate Quantum Cascade Laser Nanoantenna
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October 22, 2007
![QC laser nanoantenna demostration](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920093659im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/capasso_yu_l.jpg) | In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering, researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade laser nanoantenna, the device is capable of resolving the chemical composition of samples, such as the interior of a cell, with unprecedented detail. Full story |
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