LIA: Becoming the Laser Institute of America
As just about everyone knows, American physicist Theodore Maiman fired the first laser in May 1960 in Malibu, Calif. What is less well-known is that, in February 1968, also in California, Maiman and other laser pioneers founded the Laser Industry Association to advocate for these endlessly fascinating tools. That group would become the Laser Institute of America (LIA) in 1972. What began as a modest venture by the late publisher William Bushor has grown into the industry’s leading ...
Photonics Spectra, July 2010