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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE LASER
Laser: a source of coherent light
O. N. Krokhin P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract:
The creation 50 years ago of a new source of coherent light waves, the laser, is briefly described from the historical and fundamental physics perspectives.
Received: July 23, 2010
Citation:
O. N. Krokhin, “Laser: a source of coherent light”, UFN, 181:1 (2011), 3–7; Phys. Usp., 54:1 (2011), 3–7
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