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Beam: The Race to Make the Laser
Beam The Race to Make the Laser
Author: Jeff Hecht
In 1954, Charles Townes invented the laser's microwave cousin, the maser. The next logical step was to extend the same physical principles to the shorter wavelengths of light, but the idea did not catch fire until October 1957, when Townes asked Gordon Gould about Gould's research on using light to excite thallium atoms. Each took the idea an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195142105
ISBN-10: 0195142101
Publication Date: 2/11/2005
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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