Laser Pioneers

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Elsevier Science, 1992 - Science - 298 pages
This work presents the intriguing story of laser technology development through interviews with the scientists who made history with their groundbreaking research. Laser Pioneers, Revised Edition, describes a race for innovative laser technologies that resulted in several Nobel Prizes and one of the most bitter patent fights of the twentieth century. This book makes fascinating reading for anyone involved with physics, engineering, optics, lasers, or the history of science--or anyone simply interested in the process of invention.

  • Contains interviews with 15 key scientists in laser research and development
  • Provides an extensive overview of laser history
  • Includes interviews with three Nobel Prize winners

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Contents

CHARLES H TOWNES Infrared and Optical Masers
62
SCHAWLOW Origins of the Laser
81
NICOLAAS BLOEMBERGEN Masers and Nonlinear Optics
99
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