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UFN, 2011 Volume 181, Number 1, Pages 3–7 (Mi ufn2315)
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.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 42.25.-p, 42.55.-f

Received: July 23, 2010

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201101b.0003


 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2011, 54:1, 3–7

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