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published by the Nokia Bell Labs
This website presents a history of how Townes and Schawlow invented the laser. The story is supported by pictures and by quotations from the two inventors.
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 1998 Lucent Technologies
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Keywords: invention, inventors, laser, maser, physics history
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 10, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated: Aug 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
(Nokia Bell Labs, 1998), WWW Document, (https://www.bell-labs.com/about/history-bell-labs/stories-changed-world/inventing-laser/).
AJP/PRST-PER
From Maser to Laser - Schawlow and Townes Invent the Laser (Nokia Bell Labs, 1998), <https://www.bell-labs.com/about/history-bell-labs/stories-changed-world/inventing-laser/>.
APA Format
From Maser to Laser - Schawlow and Townes Invent the Laser. (2007, July 10). Retrieved December 8, 2024, from Nokia Bell Labs: https://www.bell-labs.com/about/history-bell-labs/stories-changed-world/inventing-laser/
Chicago Format
Nokia Bell Labs. From Maser to Laser - Schawlow and Townes Invent the Laser. Nokia Bell Labs, July 10, 2007. https://www.bell-labs.com/about/history-bell-labs/stories-changed-world/inventing-laser/ (accessed 8 December 2024).
MLA Format
From Maser to Laser - Schawlow and Townes Invent the Laser. Nokia Bell Labs, 1998. 10 July 2007. 8 Dec. 2024 <https://www.bell-labs.com/about/history-bell-labs/stories-changed-world/inventing-laser/>.
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@misc{ Title = {From Maser to Laser - Schawlow and Townes Invent the Laser}, Publisher = {Nokia Bell Labs}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {8 December 2024}, Month = {July 10, 2007}, Year = {1998} }
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