Physicist articles
Who is credited with the physical realization of the laser concept?
What synthetic crystal rod did Theodore Maiman choose as the active medium?
What was used as the pumping source for Maiman's first solid-state laser?
On what specific date did Theodore Maiman successfully operate the first functional laser?
What was the color of the light emitted by Maiman's first functional laser?
Which early 20th-century theory underlies the phenomenon of coherent light amplification?
What device, developed by Charles Townes and colleagues, was the immediate precursor to the optical maser (laser)?
Which contemporary researcher had coined the acronym LASER before Maiman built the working model?
In Maiman's ruby laser, which specific ions served as the active centers for creating population inversion?