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Author:

Hecht, Jeff.

Title:

Laser pioneers / Jeff Hecht.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Academic Press,

Copyright Date:

c1992

Description:

ix, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lasers--History.

Other Authors:

Hecht, Jeff. Laser pioneer interviews.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780123360304 paper)
0123360307 paper)

LCCN:

91017275

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)