Several weeks ago, I announced a contest to determine the Most Amazing Laser Application. Personal issues interrupted this, but I want to finish it out in honor of LaserFest Here’s the list of finalists, with links to those already written up:
- Cat toy/ dog toy/ laser light show
- Laser cooling/ BEC
- Lunar laser ranging
- Optical tweezers
- Optical storage media (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray)
- LIGO
- Telecommunications
- Holography
- Laser ignited fusion
- Laser eye surgery
- Laser frequency comb/ spectroscopy
- Laser guide stars/ adaptive optics
I’ll be writing up LIGO shortly, and will try to finish the whole thing as soon as possible given my other responsibilities.