Laser: the wonder light: two great advances in science and technology marked the second half of the 20th century: computers and lasers, Both of these influenced our lives directly and indirectly due to multitudes of applications they created in later years. Paint & Coatings Industry (12/1/2001)
...they were christened as lasers by Gordon Gould. Maser is an acronym for microwave amplification...emission of radiation, and laser thus became light amplification...stimulated emission of radiation. Lasers are present in any modern household. The ...

Laser treatments for aging beauties. (tool to protect architectural relics) Mechanical Engineering-CIME (8/1/1998)
...the site. Lama, a French acronym for Laser Manuportable Pour...level of energy intensity, the laser light does not have a cleaning...between these thresholds, the laser's effects are self-limited...destroyed, the continuing laser pulses do ...

The Lure of Laser Surgery; Should You Have It? The Washington Post (10/12/1999)
...being transformed by a new laser procedure known as Lasik, the acronym for laser in situ keratomileusis.In...everyone sees better after laser surgery. Researchers have...approve the use of excimer lasers for Lasik. Because the devices...

SIGHT for poor eyes; Laser procedure is enhancing field of vision for many athletes.(SPORTS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (8/8/2000)
...the relatively new phenomenon of laser eye surgery. A year and half later...professional athletes who have made laser eye surgery their latest performance...common procedure is called LASIK, an acronym for laser in-situ keratomileusis. The list...

NSU team trying to develop a laser for wee frontiers.(Local) The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) (9/27/2009)
...developing the world's smallest laser. Norfolk State, in partnership...it releases light similar to lasers - which most people can relate...replacing the "l" in the acronym that is "laser" - light amplification by...to develop surface plasmon ...

Going public: the case of Captain Pat Barnes (DND denies pilots exposed to lasers). Esprit de Corps (8/1/1999)
...potential dangers of using lasers. This mission began like many...investigation, it concluded that no laser (acronym for Light Amplification by...reminding them of the hazards from lasers. The Americans also conducted...physical evidence of there being a ...

ALVIS: a clear winner. (atomic vapor laser isotope separation) Science (6/21/1985)
...production plant based on the laser process, DOE officials say...running by about 1995. The laser process, which is known by its acronym AVLIS (for atomic vapor laser isotope separation), is radically...a bank of very finely tuned lasers to ...

Shedding a light on lasers.(ICC Prep) 24x7 (10/1/2009)
...put into operation in 1960, laser applications have found their...technology-filled world. Lasers are used from manufacturing...and the medical industry. Laser, an acronym for light amplification by...course, is not true for all lasers, but ...

A guiding: lasers and GPS increase site preparation efficiency.(Cover story) Concrete Construction (3/1/2006)
...Gordon Gould patented the laser--an acronym for light amplification by...stimulated emission of radiation. A laser is a crystal rod with a full...the United States has seen a laser in action. In the construction...applications and as the price of ...