MIT Team Unveiling Long-Awaited Atom Laser; Prototype Device Fires Perfectly Matched `Matter Waves,' Opening Technological Possibilities From: The Washington Post | Date: January 27, 1997| Author: Curt Suplee | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Scientists have harnessed the eeriest mysteries of modern physics to create the world's first atom laser -- a device that fires a narrow beam of perfectly matched "matter waves" just as a laser shoots out a stream of identical light rays.

The invention, formally announced today, is a rudimentary prototype intended to prove the principle. But the intensely awaited technological feat prompted experts to speculate that the device may eventually make possible unprecedented manipulati...

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