Laser : the light of the future
- Date
1966
- Summary
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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
Access Restrictions
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