Sharper image: clearer TV screens nearing fruition.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: TECH TALK

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A high-tech project funded by the Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency has yielded lasers that have the size, expense and reliability of diode lasers and the beam quality of more costly solid-state systems.

In its commercial guise, the new mini lasers are expected to facilitate sharper image televisions with fewer bulky components.

Participating in the project to develop...