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Video: Theodore Maiman on the first laser

In a 1983 video, Ted Maiman recalls the birth of the laser in his lab at Hughes.

A new class of detectors has great potential as x-ray cameras for future astrophysical observatories, with unprecedented energy resolution and array sizes greater than one megapixel.
4 February 2010
Novel optical systems show excellent properties for laser-induced fluorescence detection of dangerous aerosols, hydrosols, chemicals, and explosives.
2 February 2010
The performance of new types of artificial skin closely resembles the human touch.
25 January 2010
Jim Fujimoto works with students and patients to expand the clinical applications of biomedical optics.
21 January 2010
Many of the pioneering giant lasers at Lawrence Livermore were built during John Emmett's leadership.
21 January 2010
 
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