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The Laser Inventor

Author : Theodore H. Maiman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319619403
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book The Laser Inventor written by Theodore H. Maiman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these engaging memoirs of a maverick, Theodore H. Maiman describes the life events leading to his invention of the laser in 1960. Maiman succeeded using his expertise in physics and engineering along with an ingenious and elegant design not anticipated by others. His pink ruby laser produced mankind’s first-ever coherent light and has provided transformational technology for commerce, industry, telecom, the Internet, medicine, and all the sciences. Maiman also chronicles the resistance from his employer and the ongoing intrigue by competing researchers in industry and academia seeking to diminish his contribution in inventing the first laser. This work will appeal to a wide readership, from physicists and engineers through science enthusiasts to general readers. The volume includes extensive photos and documentary materials related to Maiman’s life and accomplishments never before published. "No one beat Maiman to the laser. How important is the laser? How important are all lasers? That is how important we have to regard Maiman’s contribution.He and the laser changed all of our lives, everyone’s!"Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, University of Illinois at Champaigne-Urbana, and inventor of the light-emitting diode (LED) and co-inventor of the transistor laser "More than five decades later, we can safely conclude that Theodore Maiman's groundbreaking discovery changed the world. Our modern life just as scientific research would be quite different without the laser."Dr. Ferenc Krausz, Director, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany, and Professor of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, and pioneer in attosecond lasers and attophysics "Maiman had the stroke of genius needed to take a different approach [from his competitors]. The sheer elegance and simplicity of his design belies the intellectual achievement it represents. If his invention seems obvious to some today, it was far from obvious in 1960."Jeff Hecht, authoritative science writer on the historical development of the laser, author of books on lasers and fiber optics

Laser Man

Author : Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780766028487
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Laser Man written by Edwin Brit Wyckoff and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Theodore H. Maiman, the engineer who invented the laser.

The Man Who Invented the Laser

Author : Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1464611211
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Invented the Laser written by Edwin Brit Wyckoff and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maiman was a graduate of the University of Colorado, which awarded him a B.S. in engineering physics in 1949. Later, he received his Ph.D. in physics in 1955 from Stanford University and began work at the Hughes Research Laboratory (HRL). There he concentrated on creating a device capable of converting mixed frequency electromagnetic radiation into highly amplified and coherent light of discrete frequency. Maiman later found that the accepted calculations of the fluorescence quantum efficiency of ruby were wrong and that the material could be used for his research. His persistence with ruby eventually paid off, for on May 16, 1960, the device he built using it became the world's first operable laser.

Maiman's Invention of the Laser

Author : Rod Waters
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781492842309
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Maiman's Invention of the Laser written by Rod Waters and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maiman's Invention of the Laser reveals the untold story of the invention that transformed the world. Based on nearly fifty personal interviews with bold laser pioneers at Ted Maiman's company, Korad Lasers, this fast-paced book rips the curtain from the cutthroat worlds of business, technology, and competition. It tells the inside story, from the early belief that the laser was nothing more than a death ray to its eventual triumph as a ubiquitous component transforming science, medicine, industry, the internet, and telecommunications.Stories from the early days of the laser include Korader Hal Walker, who succeeded in beaming a laser off of a reflector placed on the Moon by Astronaut Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 fame. Another rousing story tells of Korader Carl Schulthess' involvement in the Vietnam War's first use of a “smart” laser at night to “paint” targets on the Ho Chi Minh Trail for destruction by Air Force jets. Schulthess himself narrowly escaped his own destruction by a North Vietnamese suicide squad. The use of these weapons in winning the Gulf Wars of the early 1990s is discussed.After leaving Korad, Cliff Cordy got his doctorate in engineering and tells amusing stories of Engineers Gone Wild—techies at play both during and after work. In spite of what people may think of us engineers (nerds), Korad's favorite restaurant for entertaining customers featured nude dancers.Anybody who buys a diamond needs to know about lasers used since the 1960s to enhance these gemstones so that they sparkle more and thus cost more. However, their value is diminished because drilling diamonds with a laser to remove imperfections weakens the stones and reduces resale value. The holes cannot be seen and sellers are not required to disclose. Buyer beware! Industrial lasers like welders, drillers and cutters play an important role in the history of the laser. Stories of their early days are in the book.The book details the scandals from Ronald Reagan's presidency including the October Surprise and the infamous Inslaw Affair, both of which were directly related to Korad. Dr. Maiman's struggles for recognition for having created the laser more than fifty years ago are central to the book. The story of his conflicts with arch rival, Dr. Charles Townes, are told. After a half century, we can say he won his battle. His widow, Kathleen, contributed first-ever access to his personal papers and photos. She immeasurably enhanced the book as a collaborator.

A Century of Nature

Author : Laura Garwin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226284166
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book A Century of Nature written by Laura Garwin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits—reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.

Laser

Author : Nick Taylor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743213211
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Laser written by Nick Taylor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-01-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating true story of Gordon Gould's successful thirty-year struggle to assert himself as the rightful inventor of the laser -- and a myth-shattering, behind-the-scenes account of the American patent process.The insight struck Gould with the force of revelation. He sat bolt upright in bed, marveling at its perfection. Soon he was at his desk, writing at the top of a page in his laboratory notebook, "Some rough calculations on the feasibility of a "Laser": Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation."So began the invention of the laser in 1957, a machine that changed industry, medicine and science, and much of modern life. Gordon Gould was a graduate student with a checkered past and a yen to invent, but he had a blind spot when it came to patent rights. And when a respected professor with an office next to Gould's electrified the scientific world with his own claims on the laser, Gould was in for the fight of a lifetime.For the next thirty years, Gould battled the U.S. Patent Office and manufacturers to enforce his rights as the laser's inventor. Rebuffed, he was even denied security clearance to work on his own in

Applied Laser Medicine

Author : H. Breuer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642189792
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Applied Laser Medicine written by H. Breuer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is intended for the advanced specialist and for the practitioner interested in the application of lasers in medicine. It provides summaries of all available medical laser systems and their clinical use. The first part introduces basic laser physics, including laser-tissue interactions as well as technical equipment and particular techniques developed for medical use in connection with laser. The second part of the text covers all areas of laser application in medicine and has been written by senior specialists from different countries. The book includes about 300 line drawings, more than 100 high quality photographs, an extensive subject and author register, and an exhaustive list of references.

The Laser Odyssey

Author : Theodore H. Maiman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Laser Odyssey written by Theodore H. Maiman and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beam

Author : Jeff Hecht
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195142101
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Beam written by Jeff Hecht and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2005-03-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prologue: May 16, 1960, Malibu, California. 1. The Laser Race. 2. Microwaves Are the First Step. 3. Leaping a Few Orders of Magnitude: The Optical Maser. 4. The Outsider's Invention: The Laser. 5. Bell Labs Takes the Early Lead. 6. Stimulating the Emission of Money. 7. A Spreading Interest in the Laser Idea. 8. A Pause to Compare Notes. 9. A Dark Horse Joins the Race. 10. "Everybody knew it was going to happen within months"--Bell Labs Feels Safely in the Lead. 11. A Crash Program at "Pipsqueak Inc.". 12. The Siren Call of the Laser. 13. The Critical Question of Efficiency.

Lasers

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030903776X
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Lasers written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1987-02-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the initial laser beam in 1960, use of lasers has mushroomed, opening new frontiers in medicine, manufacturing, communications, defense, and information storage and retrieval. Lasers: Invention to Application brings together a series of chapters by eminent scientists spanning the broad range of today's laser technology.

Advances in Nd:YAG Laser Surgery

Author : Stephen N. Joffe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461237289
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Nd:YAG Laser Surgery by : Stephen N. Joffe

Download or read book Advances in Nd:YAG Laser Surgery written by Stephen N. Joffe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nd:YAG laser has finally become the multidisciplinary and muitispeciaity tool of the 1980s. Primarily developed for gastrointestinal applications for controlling bleeding, at present it is also used for endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal tumors, endobronchial cancer, and bladder and gynecological lesions and finding applications in otorhinolaryngology and neurosurgery. De velopment of laser scalpels and focusing head-pieces has now allowed the Nd:YAG laser to be used for open surgical procedures in general and plastic surgery, head and neck surgery, urology, gynecology, dermatology, and neu rosurgery. The rapid development in ceramic technology has led to contact surgery allowing physicians a choice of excision, vaporization, coagulation, incision, or combinations thereof by easily changing probes rather than having to select new laser wavelengths. This technology is rapidly replacing the carbon dioxide laser which currently has no adequate flexible waveguide for fiberoptic en doscopy, cannot be used in a water medium (e.g., bladder), and has poor coagulation properties when compared to the Nd:YAG laser. Future developments may see the Nd:YAG laser even replacing electro cautery in the operating room due to its greater safety and efficacy. Local hyperthermia (laserthermia) with computer control, photodynamic therapy, and ophthalmic applications make the Nd:YAG laser the most exciting tech nological advancement in medicine and surgery for the 1980s.

The History of the Laser

Author : Mario Bertolotti
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420033403
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Laser written by Mario Bertolotti and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Optics in Our Time

Author : Mohammad D. Al-Amri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319319035
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Optics in Our Time written by Mohammad D. Al-Amri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light and light based technologies have played an important role in transforming our lives via scientific contributions spanned over thousands of years. In this book we present a vast collection of articles on various aspects of light and its applications in the contemporary world at a popular or semi-popular level. These articles are written by the world authorities in their respective fields. This is therefore a rare volume where the world experts have come together to present the developments in this most important field of science in an almost pedagogical manner. This volume covers five aspects related to light. The first presents two articles, one on the history of the nature of light, and the other on the scientific achievements of Ibn-Haitham (Alhazen), who is broadly considered the father of modern optics. These are then followed by an article on ultrafast phenomena and the invisible world. The third part includes papers on specific sources of light, the discoveries of which have revolutionized optical technologies in our lifetime. They discuss the nature and the characteristics of lasers, Solid-state lighting based on the Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, and finally modern electron optics and its relationship to the Muslim golden age in science. The book’s fourth part discusses various applications of optics and light in today's world, including biophotonics, art, optical communication, nanotechnology, the eye as an optical instrument, remote sensing, and optics in medicine. In turn, the last part focuses on quantum optics, a modern field that grew out of the interaction of light and matter. Topics addressed include atom optics, slow, stored and stationary light, optical tests of the foundation of physics, quantum mechanical properties of light fields carrying orbital angular momentum, quantum communication, and Wave-Particle dualism in action.

Astrophysical Lasers

Author : Vladilen Letokhov
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191563358
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Astrophysical Lasers written by Vladilen Letokhov and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress in modern radio astronomy led to the discovery of space masers in the microwave range, and it became a powerful tool for studies of interstellar star-forming molecular clouds. Progress in observational astronomy, particularly with ground-based huge telescopes and the space-based Hubble Space Telescope, has led to recent discoveries of space lasers in the optical range. These operate in gas condensations in the vicinity of the mysterious star Eta Carinae (one of the most luminous and massive stars of our Galaxy). Both maser and laser effects, first demonstrated under laboratory conditions, have now been discovered to occur under natural conditions in space too. This book describes consistently the elements of laser science, astrophysical plasmas, modern astronomical observation techniques, and the fundamentals and properties of astrophysical lasers. A book with such an interdisciplinary scope has not been available to date. The book will also be useful for a wider audience interested in modern developments of the natural sciences and technology.

Laser and IPL Technology in Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine

Author : Christian Raulin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642034381
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Laser and IPL Technology in Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine written by Christian Raulin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors have gathered 15 laser experts from the United States, Europe and Asia to present the most up to date information in cutaneous laser surgery and intense pulsed light technologies. This innovative book describes new laser techniques (laserlipolysis, fractional photothermolysis, among others) and provides expert guidance on using lasers successfully in over 80 clinical indications.

Tailored Light 1

Author : Reinhart Poprawe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642012345
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Tailored Light 1 written by Reinhart Poprawe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laser world consists basically of two areas, which are necessary and in many cases also sufficient for effective innovation: The right laser for the right application. For the individual application that means the determination of optimized process parameters in terms of laser power, peak power/ intensity, focus geometry and dimension, pulse length, pulse repetition rate and wavelength to name only the six most important ones. Once these parameters are identified, the corresponding Laser has to be selected on the basis of commercial availability. Obviously there is no such thing than "One Laser for all". The situation is rather comparable with electrical power, were depending on the demand of the application in terms of voltage, current and time corresponding power supplies need to be tailored, however, with the difference that in the case of the Laser the variety of parameters is even higher, thus the technology is more complex but on the other hand much more flexible in terms optimizing the source to the application. As a consequence it is suggested to generate two volumes on Lasers and Applications named "Tailored Light".

Theodore Harold Maiman: Ruby Laser Systems

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Theodore Harold Maiman: Ruby Laser Systems written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio, offers a biographical sketch of the American physicist, engineer, and inventor Theodore Harold Maiman (1927- ). Maiman invented the first operable laser using a pink ruby medium. A portrait of Maiman is available.