This project was a collaboration between multiple Yale labs and departments as well as scientists that are involved in applied physics, diagnostic radiology, electrical and biomedical engineering. Douglas Stone, who is a professor of physics and chair of applied physics at Carl A. Morse stated that "This chaotic cavity laser is a great example of basic research ultimately leading to a potentially important invention for the social good." The work that was conducted on the laser was based on a set of principles of these lasers and their applications.

One issue in the imaging of microscopy is identified as "speckle." Speckle is a "random, grainy pattern, caused by high spatial coherence that can corrupt the formation of images when traditional lasers are used." A solution is to possibly use LED's, but they fall short due to high-speed imaging. Want to know more about this microscopy laser? Read more about the semiconductor laser at Engineering.Com.