Laser : the light of the future

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Date
1966
Summary
Describes the contributions of Arthur Schawlow in the development of the ruby laser. Demonstrates, through a working model of atoms, how ordinary light is produced and how laser light is generated and controlled, and shows why getting the light under control is so difficult. Presents several sequences showing Schawlow's part in working out the physics behind the first successful laser.
Contributors
Don Herbert; Mauri Goldberg; Charles F. Keenan; Fulvio Bardossi; Charles Lindberg; Jules Sindic; Joseph Taylor
Publisher
National Educational Television
Genre
Educational
Subjects
Inventions; Lasers; Ruby lasers
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Rights Statement
In Copyright

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