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Quantum Theorists Rise Beyond Decades-Old Laser Limitation
NATHAN, Australia, Oct. 28, 2020 — Quantum theorists from Griffith University and Macquarie University, both in Australia, used quantum mechanics to overturn an assertion about laser coherence that has been the common belief for 60 years. The research shows that it is possible to...
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The Laser Turns 60
Jun 22, 2020 — Six decades ago, in a windowless lab on a hilltop above the Pacific Ocean, Theodore (Ted) Maiman — assisted by Irnee D’Haenens — tested a palm-size device that would upend the scientific establishment. Working at Hughes Research...
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US Patent #2,929,922
MURRAY HILL, N.J., May 1, 2020 — Sixty years ago this month, Theodore H. Maiman, a physicist at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, Calif., constructed the first laser using a cylinder of synthetic ruby and photographic flash lamps. There have been many milestones in the last...
In Memoriam: Charles Hard Townes
BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 28, 2015 — Dr. Charles Hard Townes, whose work on stimulated emission led to the creation of lasers and enabled the photonics industry, died early Tuesday at age 99. Townes won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the maser (short for microwave...
Looking Back, Seeing the Future
Aug 1, 2013 — We were saddened to hear of the passing of James P. Gordon on June 21. Gordon, whose contributions to quantum electronics and photonics included work on the first demonstration of the maser in 1954, was 85. As a student in the lab of Charles Townes,...
Keep conditions right for invention
Jul 1, 2012 — High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. – Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the electric starter Contemplating the many contributions of Elias Snitzer, whose pioneering work in glass lasers helped bring...
Townes Receives Honorary Doctorate of Science
GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 8, 2011 — A Nobel prize-winning pioneer in laser technology has received an honorary degree from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Professor Charles Townes, of the University of California at Berkeley, received the Honorary Doctorate...
OSA Names Newest Honorary Member
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 — The Optical Society of America (OSA) board of directors announced recently the election of James P. Gordon as its newest honorary member of the society. Gordon was chosen for his high-impact, seminal contributions to quantum electronics and...
Charles Townes on the Virtue of Tenacity
GLEN ARM, Md., Oct. 5, 2010 — It isn’t every day, is it? It isn’t every day you get to listen to Dr. Charles Townes — inventor of the maser, precursor to the laser, without whom the world would likely look very different today — as he recounts his journey...
President Obama Recognizes Laser’s 50th
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2010 — President Barack Obama sent a Presidential Message to the founding partners of LaserFest, a year-long initiative created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, recognizing the laser as “one of the most important and...
Legends Revisit Laser’s Birth
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16, 2010 — During the Laserfest History Symposium Sunday at CLEO/QELS 2010, 50 years to the day since the laser was first demonstrated, several key figures from its early days reminisced about the introduction of the technology that changed the world. The...
Laser Pioneers Honored at LaserFest Event
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 23, 2010 – The organizers of LaserFest, the celebration in 2010 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, together with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Hist...
Photonics West 2010 Sets Records
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2010 — SPIE Photonics West completed its debut at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last week with the final attendance count at 18,327, a record for the event. The new venue was a hit with attendees, and provided welcome room for growth. Both the...
LaserFest Celebrates 50th
Oct 7, 2008 — The Optical Society of America (OSA) and the American Physical Society (APS) are partnering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser. This multiyear celebration, called LaserFest, will consist of a series of events and...
Laser Inventor Honored for Lifetime Achievement
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 -- Noble Prize-winning physicist Charles Townes, credited as the father of quantum electronics, has been selected by the National Science Board -- the policy making arm of the National Science Foundation (NSF) -- to receive the Vannevar Bush Award for...
Laser Exhibit Inspires $1M Gift
Nov 3, 2005 — GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 3 -- A laser exhibit in Spain inspired a philanthropic couple to help their alma mater, Thurman University, in Greenville, S.C. University officials said a $1 million gift from the Charleston residents, Celeste and Charles...
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