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LMS? Issue 6 | 2013
Under the microscope
SA Breakthrough in Laser Technology
Editor’s
Note
S
cientists at SA’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
recently made a breakthrough in laser
technology. The CSIR team who form part
of the National Laser Centre of the council
have successfully engineered - what they
believe to be - the world’s first ‘digital laser’.
This scientific innovation, which allows
the shape of a laser beam to be modified
inside the laser, could have major impacts
on the healthcare, manufacturing and even
the communication industries around
the world.
Laser technology plays a pivotal role in
the daily lives of all individuals. Lasers form
key components of a number of household
and office objects, ranging from DVD
players to printers. These devices are also
necessary elements of surgical equipment
and industrial welders, and cutters. Thus
this new research, which was published
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