The Laser Turns 50

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Lasers are one of those things that still seem new and futuristic, even though they have been around for 50 years.

On March 22, 1960, back when everybody had three names, Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes received the first laser patent. The event marked the beginning of a long, contentious patent dispute with a physicist named Gordon Gould who claimed that he, in fact, was the true inventor of the laser.
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I am so taping 3 lasers in a triangle pattern together for the new Predator movie. And bringing it to the theater. :)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424381/ Can't wait to see this Predators I think it could go either way really good or really bad. But anytime someone says Lazers I think of that movie for some reason.
 
Not even a mention of the acronym

Light
Amplification by the
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation

Then there's also a MASER


Microwave
Amplification by the
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation


for some reason I always remember "Synchronous Emission" first no idea why
 
Gould didn't invented the Laser, he stole the technology from the ancients.


P.S.: This has to be the geekiest comment I have ever made in my entire life. Damn you Sci Fi and your Stargate reruns!
 
Shouldn't the quote have read like this?

On March 22, 1960, back when everybody had three names, Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles [H]ard Townes received the first laser patent.
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LightningCrash said:
Not even a mention of the acronym

Light
Amplification by the
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation

Then there's also a MASER


Microwave
Amplification by the
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation


for some reason I always remember "Synchronous Emission" first no idea why
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Yeah but microwaves are light... *geek response!* :D

That said, we're still no closer to getting sharks with frickin laser beams on their heads!
 
Pretty amazing that in such a short time they are now nearly ubiquitous in all sorts of consumer gadgets. They power pretty much our entire modern communications infrastructure, and can achieve Tbps rates over a single optical fiber. This is one of those monumental technologies that pushed forward our abilities in a huge way.

Happy birthday LASER :p
 
keenan said:
Pretty amazing that in such a short time they are now nearly ubiquitous in all sorts of consumer gadgets. They power pretty much our entire modern communications infrastructure, and can achieve Tbps rates over a single optical fiber. This is one of those monumental technologies that pushed forward our abilities in a huge way.

Happy birthday LASER :p
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was goin to say something along the same line.
 
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