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UFN, 2011 Volume 181, Number 1, Pages 71–78 (Mi ufn2319)

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FROM THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS

Development history of the laser

I. A. Shcherbakov

General Physics Institute named after A. M. Prokhorov, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: An attempt is made at objectively assessing the contribution which Soviet scientists made to laser physics becoming what it has become and which the author believes is underestimated abroad. Together with the concept of induced radiation, the three-level method and the open resonator were to become cornerstone proposals for laser physics, as were semiconductor active media, carrier injection through the p–n junction, double heterostructure lasers and laser thermonuclear fusion.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 42.55.-f, 42.60.-v

Received: October 28, 2010

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201101f.0071


 English version:
Physics–Uspekhi, 2011, 54:1, 65–71

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