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- English
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The History of the Laser
About this book
Since the invention of the first working laser in 1960, development of these devices has progressed at an unprecedented rate, to the extent that the laser is now a common part of everyday life, from the semiconductor laser used in CD players and telecommunication systems to the high power eximer lasers used in manufacturing processes. This book tra
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Wave and corpuscular theories of light
- 2. Spectroscopy
- 3. Blackbody radiation
- 4. The Rutherford–Bohr Atom
- 5. Einstein
- 6. Einstein and light: the photoelectric effect and stimulated emission
- 7. Microwaves
- 8. Spectroscopy: Act II
- 9. Magnetic resonance
- 10. The maser
- 11. The proposal for an optical maser
- 12. The misfortune (or fortune?) of Gordon Gould
- 13. And finally—the laser!
- 14. A solution in search of a problem or many problems with the same solution? Applications of lasers
- Bibliography
- Index
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