GROWING CRYSTALS: Gisele Maxwell, center, explains how a laser super-heats a rod of seed material that crystallizes upon cooling into a single fiber ideal for use in many technologies including micro-projectors built into a cellular phone or used in a large screen TV. Flanking Maxwell are U.S. Congressman Wally Herger, left, and lab technician Dylan Dalton, 30.

GROWING CRYSTALS:
Gisele Maxwell, center, explains how a laser super-heats a rod of seed material that crystallizes upon cooling into a single fiber ideal for use in many technologies including micro-projectors built into a cellular phone or used in a large screen TV. Flanking Maxwell are U.S. Congressman Wally Herger, left, and lab technician Dylan Dalton, 30.

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