Initiation and Development of the Laser

Charles H. Townes

doi:10.1364/FIO.2008.SMB1

Frontiers in Optics 2008/Laser Science XXIV/Plasmonics and Metamaterials/Optical Fabrication and Testing
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
paper SMB1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2008.SMB1

Initiation and Development of the Laser

Charles H. Townes

Frontiers in Optics 2008

Rochester, New York United States
19–23 October 2008
ISBN: 978-1-55752-861-2

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Schawlow-Townes Symposium on 50 Years of the Laser: The Birth of the Laser (SMB)

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Abstract

A broad discussion of initiation and development of amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (lasers and masers). The field provides an example of how unexpected and tremendously important technology as well as science emerges from basic research exploration.

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