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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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Molecules of carbon dioxide emitting photons of infrared radiation in a fluorescent glass tube of a gas laser, and trees that ignite as a fire approaches are both part of active media. They all have a certain amount of energy that can be released during a particular process. Blood is also an active medium and can also be described using the methods of non-linear dynamics.

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