Rev. ed. of: Laser pioneer interviews. 1985. Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index.
Contents:
An overview of laser history / Jeff Hecht -- Charles H. Townes : infrared and optical masers. Arthur L. Schawlow : origins of the laser / interviewed by C. Breck Hitz -- Nicolaas Bloembergen : masers and nonlinear optics. Gordon Gould : another view of laser development / interviewed by Jeff Hecht -- Theodore H. Maiman : the first laser / essay by Jeff Hecht -- Peter Sorokin : the second laser and the dye laser. Ali Javan : the helium-neon laser. Robert N. Hall : the semiconductor laser. C. Kumar N. Patel : the carbon-dioxide laser / interviewed by Jeff Hecht -- William Bridges : the ion laser / interviewed by Richard Cunningham -- William T. Silfvast : metal-vapor lasers / interviewed by Jeff Hecht -- James J. Ewing : excimer lasers. John M. J. Madey : the free-electron laser / interviewed by C. Breck Hitz -- Dennis L. Matthews : the x-ray laser / interviewed by Jeff Hecht.
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