Lasers
Hal Hellman
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Among great technologic developments of the twentieth century has to be that of laser light with its myriad of applications in industry, communication, medicine and many other fields. As author Hal Hellman says in conclusion in this 1968 publication, “Indeed the most exciting probability of all is that lasers undoubtedly will change our lives in ways we cannot even conceive of now.” And, so has it been, and this treatise gives insight into the early days of the research and development of lasers.
This booklet is part of the Understanding the Atom Series from the United States Atomic Energy Commission Division of Technical Information.
- Summary by Larry Wilson (1 hr 26 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 7:01 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
| The Electromagnetic Spectrum | 7:19 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
| Radio Waves | 9:18 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
| Light and the Atom | 9:33 | Read by Verla Viera |
| What’s So Special about Coherent Light? | 8:20 | Read by Verla Viera |
| Controlled Emission | 7:52 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
| A Laser Is Born and Lasing - A New Word | 7:00 | Read by roselbex |
| Some Interesting Applications | 11:45 | Read by roselbex |
| A Multitude of Lasers | 11:16 | Read by Thiago |
| Communications and A Laser In Your Future? | 7:27 | Read by Johnny Wong |