National Museum of American History
Lasers
November 17, 1988 – March 1, 1989
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The exhibition case documents the activities of the Laser History Project. The laser is barely 25 years old and yet it has had an enormous impact on all areas of society—from scientific spectroscopy to eye surgery, from communications to compact discs, from supermarket scanners to star wars.