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Karen A. Newman, [email protected]

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 about a communications revolution, made me wonder about the atmosphere prevalent in his day that supported such discovery. Were expectations high? Was there a sense of competition? Was invention rewarded and protected? Snitzer, who died May 21 at the age of 87, had a four-decades-long career as an engineer and educator. Known as the father of...Read full article

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    Published: July 2012
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    optical communications
    The transmission and reception of information by optical devices and sensors.
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