Discovery of the laser: Historical aspects

TIGINYANU, Ion

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dc.contributor.author	TIGINYANU, Ion
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-13T10:25:56Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-13T10:25:56Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	TIGINYANU, Ion. Discovery of the laser: Historical aspects. In: Science and Society- the Use of Light: Workshop în cadrul conf. ICNBME - International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering, 24-25 Sept, 2015, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova: Abstracts, 2015, p. 13.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.utm.md/handle/5014/20278
dc.description	Only Abstract
dc.description.abstract	The main steps undertaken by the mankind towards the discovery of the laser are reviewed, starting from the development of quantum theory of radiation by Albert Einstein in 1917, first demonstration of stimulated emission by R. C. Rutherford in 1947, invention of the MASER (Microwave Amplification of Stimulated Emission of Radiation) by Charles Townes at Columbia University and Nikolai Basov and Alexandr Prokhorov at the Levedev Physical Institute in 1951, invention of the first working laser based on ruby by Theodore Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories in 1960, followed by registration of two commercial laser companies in 1961, namely of Trion Instruments and Spectra-Physics. The main achievements in subsequent development of lasers along with their applications in various fields of human activities will be reported.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Technical University of Moldova	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.subject	lasers	en_US
dc.subject	history of laser	en_US
dc.title	Discovery of the laser: Historical aspects	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US