MONTREAL --
In an industrial sector of the South Shore town of Varennes lies a low-slung blue and grey building housing a facility known as the Advanced Laser Light Source, a component of National Institute of Scientific Research.
Unlike many other centres of its ilk, the ALLS performs much of its scientific mission without a predetermined outcome for its findings.
“The science we’re doing here? We don’t know their applications for the short-term or the mid-term,” said Francois Legare, the director of the Advanced Laser Light Source.
When CTV News visited the facility researchers looked at lasers as they shot through gases and solid objects in a darkened laboratory. Those researchers believe they may find useful applications for laser technology at airport security stations, x-rays in hospitals and data processing microchips, which function with magnetic patterns.