Highways of Light

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Leik N. Myrabo is associate professor of engineering physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interests focus on advanced propulsion and power technology, energy conversion, hypersonic gas dynamics and directed energy.

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This article was originally published with the title “Highways of Light” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 280 No. 1 (February 1999)
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican021999-5Id10SUBFXGGUKZ37XoP1o

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