The History of the Laser
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The History of the Laser

Mario Bertolotti

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The History of the Laser

Mario Bertolotti

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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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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2004
ISBN
9781000612165
Edition
1
Topic
Ciencias físicas
Subtopic
Física

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Wave and corpuscular theories of light
  9. 2. Spectroscopy
  10. 3. Blackbody radiation
  11. 4. The Rutherford–Bohr Atom
  12. 5. Einstein
  13. 6. Einstein and light: the photoelectric effect and stimulated emission
  14. 7. Microwaves
  15. 8. Spectroscopy: Act II
  16. 9. Magnetic resonance
  17. 10. The maser
  18. 11. The proposal for an optical maser
  19. 12. The misfortune (or fortune?) of Gordon Gould
  20. 13. And finally—the laser!
  21. 14. A solution in search of a problem or many problems with the same solution? Applications of lasers
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Bertolotti, M. (2004). The History of the Laser (1st ed.). CRC Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1509909/the-history-of-the-laser-pdf (Original work published 2004)

Chicago Citation

Bertolotti, Mario. (2004) 2004. The History of the Laser. 1st ed. CRC Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1509909/the-history-of-the-laser-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Bertolotti, M. (2004) The History of the Laser. 1st edn. CRC Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1509909/the-history-of-the-laser-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Bertolotti, Mario. The History of the Laser. 1st ed. CRC Press, 2004. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.