Abstract
We present experimental evidence for coherent, directional emission from a random gain medium above the threshold for laserlike emission. In particular, we report the first observation (to our knowledge) of a coherent angular backscattering peak above this threshold. A plausible explanation of our findings follows from the assumption that superfluorescent emission occurs in the gain medium above threshold.
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