Inventing the
Laser Light Show
“The general public is becoming increasingly aware of the many
applications of lasers: in scientific research, medicine, engineering,
communications, manufacturing, holography, and certainly entertainment
and the arts. These sophisticated sources of infrared, visible, and
ultraviolet light energy have even become a part of science–fiction
folklore; no respectable futuristic film of the ‘Star Wars’ variety
would be without an arsenal of laser–inspired weaponry and visual
effects. While more earthbound, our concerns ... relate to the
technology, much of it based in audio–frequency electronic devices,
which permit the control of laser beams for applications in the
performing arts.”To learn more about how this fascinating art form came to be click on this line.