DocumentCode
1096418
Title
Lasers, great and small [back story]
Volume
46
Issue
7
fYear
2009
fDate
7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
4
Lastpage
4
Abstract
As children, we fantasize about lasers that could blast a spaceship into smithereens. As adults, drinking gin and tonic outdoors on a summer evening, we´d settle for a much smaller laser to vaporize mosquitoes.
Keywords
Insects; Laser theory; Solid lasers; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2009.5109429
Filename
5109429
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