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Rush Hour By Bentley Boyd, Daily PressAugust 7, 1998

Access System Opens Doors to Ground-Breaking Laser Research Automatic I.D. NewsAugust 1, 1998 A smart card-based access control system allows Jefferson Lab, a government reserach facility in Newport News, VA to keep close tabs on its new laser research user labs, which utilize the Lab's new $34 million free-electron laser (FEL).

Jefferson's FEL Generates Unprecedented 155 Watts By Jennifer M. Rice, Optics and Photonics NewsAugust, 1998 To the delight of industry and government investors, the DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) achieved 155 W of free electron laser (FEL) light on June 17, making it 15 times more powerful than existing FELs. Vanderbilt Univ. previously held the record with an 11-W FEL.

Scientists Taking Laser on Wild Ride; Physicists Stretch Beam's Capabilities By A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times DispatchJuly 2, 1998 Now that physicists at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have one of the world's most-powerful infrared lasers, what are they doing to do next?

Researchers Break Power Record for FEL Opto Electronic NewsJuly 1, 1998

FEL Shines Bright in Debut Laser Surpasses All Expectations, Predictions By Mary Graves, Virginia Business ObserverJune 29, 1998 Scientist George Neil "beams" as he describes the absolute success of the initial lighting of the free electron laser (FEL) at Jefferson Lab here.

Laser Breaks Record Richmond Times-DispatchJune 21, 1998 The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility was the scene of a scientific breakthrough. One of the most powerful lasers ever built achieved first light Wednesday as physicists herded millions of electrons through a maze of magnets.

Jefferson Lab's Laser Breakthrough Holds Promise for Industry Daily PressJune 19, 1998 Scientists and technicians at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have smashed the world record for power from a unique laser. The Jefferson Lab's free-electron laser surged to 155 watts Wednesday, surpassing the 11-watt mark held by Vanderbilt University for the past several years. The Jefferson team's goal was only 100 watts.

A readout showed the Free-Election Laser was well on its way to setting a new 155-watt world record. Free-Electron Laser Hits Record / FEL Potential Has Corporations Footing Part of Tab By A. J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch June 18, 1998

New Laser Beams with Promise Jefferson Lab of Newport News Breaks a World Power Record By Michael Clark, Virginian-PilotJune 18, 1998 It might not make it into the Guinness Book of Records, but scientists and technicians at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News smashed the world record Wednesday for power from a unique laser.

Electrons traveling through tubes in the free-electron laser tubes at the Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Photo by Lawrence Jackson

Scientists Beaming Over Laser Powerful light debuts at Jefferson Lab By Richard Stradling, Daily PressJune 18, 1998 The way they were shouting and high-fiving each other, you might have taken them for Bulls fans watching Sunday's NBA finale.

New Laser's "First Light" Shatters Record June 17, 1998

'Jeff' Lab Shows Industry the Light Under Hermann Grunder, Jefferson Lab And Its Free Electron Laser Technology Is Becoming A Magnate for Private Industry By Joseph Harris, Virginia Business ObserverJune 1, 1998

Math, Science & Fun Elementary Students Learn the Attraction at Jefferson Lab By Kimberly Miller, Daily PressMay 27, 1998 Joelle Borden and Candace Lassiter, both 10 years old, want to be doctors - pediatricians, to be exact. The two fifth-graders at Hampton's Wythe Elementary School like babies. They are less enthusiastic about math and science, even though they know the two subjects are necessary to most medical professions.

'Science Guy' features Jeff Labs By Matt Glynn, Daily PressMay 9,1998 A Tuesday airing of the children's television show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" will spotlight Newport News' Jefferson Lab and Hampton University Professor Warren Buck.

The newly dedicated $18.4-million Applied Research Center. ARC Takes College High-Tech Facility provides new research, educational opportunities for applied science program By Bill Walker and Poul Olson, William & Mary NewsMay 7, 1998

$18 Million Research Center is Dedicated in Newport News By Andrew Petkofsky, Times-DispatchMay 5,1998 The Applied Research Center could help bring Virginia jobs, investment, high-technology leadership and even the Nobel Prize, officials said yesterday.

ARC Cuts Ribbon, Welcomes Tenants By Matt Glynn, Daily PressMay 5, 1998 Lon Slane is looking forward to having neighbors. And not, he joked, just to share the coffee pot. He expects his firm, Dilon Technologies, will benefit from sharing office space in the same building with four universities, a federal research laboratory and a host of other agencies and businesses.

Norfolk State Program Uses Center Daily PressMay 5, 1998 Norfolk State University, one of four schools renting space in the Applied Research Center, has used its relationships with two federal agencies on the Peninsula to create a graduate program.