With the election of Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, the country's first Indian-American governor, Cao believes the state has come a long way in dispelling the racial stereotypes long associated with it.

CNN: Attorney hopes to become first Vietnamese in Congress

Cao says that it is important to have a Vietnamese-American in Congress to be a voice for the 1.5 million Vietnamese in the United States, and that his experience as an immigration attorney can bring a needed insight to the hotly debated issue of immigration.

CNN: Attorney hopes to become first Vietnamese in Congress

Currently, Dr Cao's microlasers need to be pumped optically that is, with a large, table-top laser to do their job.

ECONOMIST: Microlasers