The Man Who Invented the Laser: The Genius of Theodore H.

The Man Who Invented the Laser: The Genius of Theodore H. Maiman (Genius Inventors and Their Great Ideas (Enslow))

Maiman was a graduate of the University of Colorado, which awarded him a B.S. in engineering physics in 1949. Later, he received his Ph.D. in physics in 1955 from Stanford University and began work at the Hughes Research Laboratory (HRL). There he concentrated on creating a device capable of converting mixed frequency electromagnetic radiation into highly amplified and coherent light of discrete frequency. Maiman later found that the accepted calculations of the fluorescence quantum efficiency of ruby were wrong and that the material could be used for his research. His persistence with ruby eventually paid off, for on May 16, 1960, the device he built using it became the worldâ€™s first operable laser (acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation).

Country	USA
Author	Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Binding	Library Binding
EAN	9780766041387
ISBN	0766041387
Label	Enslow Elementary
Manufacturer	Enslow Elementary
MPN	black & white halftones, colour illustra
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	48
PartNumber	black & white halftones, colour illustra
PublicationDate	2013-09-01
Publisher	Enslow Elementary
Studio	Enslow Elementary
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Man Who Invented the Laser: The Genius of Theodore H. Maiman (Genius Inventors and Their Great Ideas (Enslow))