A Blast from the Past: Highlights of a Vintage Laser Collection
Immediately after Hughes Research Laboratory announced the first laser in July 1960, many working in research labs began building them for their own use. The second half of 1960 certainly saw the first do-it-yourself frenzy around lasers. By the end of that year, however, it was clear that somebody needed to start making and selling lasers commercially, and soon! Raytheon met the challenge by making the first sales of commercial ruby lasers in March 1961. During the first few years of pr...
Photonics Spectra, December 2010