Significant papers on laser technology selected for open access in the SPIE Digital Library for the Advancing the Laser tribute:
"Theodore Harold Maiman and the invention of the laser" Andrew Rawicz, Proc. SPIE 7138 (© 2008) "Lessons learned: the laser from theory to practice" Jeff Hecht, Proc. SPIE 7071 (© 2008) "Silicon Raman laser, amplifier, and wavelength converter" Bahram Jalali, et al., Proc. SPIE 5840, (© 2005) "Nanostructuring of solids with femtosecond laser pulses" Andreas Ostendorf, et al., Proc. SPIE 5448, (© 2004) "Path toward a high-energy solid-state laser" Gary L. Wood, et al., Proc. SPIE 5414 (© 2004) "New technologies and architectures for laser systems: revolutionary beam control" Paul F. McManamon, William E. Thompson, Proc. SPIE 5413 (© 2004) "Early history of high-power lasers" George W. Sutton, Proc. SPIE 4632 (© 2002) "Infrared Spatial Interferometer" Charles Townes, Proc. SPIE 3350 (© 1998) "Laser refractive surgery: a review and current status" Qiushi Ren, et al., Opt. Eng. 34 (© 1995) "History of chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) development in the USA" Keith Truesdell, et al., Proc. SPIE 2502 (© 1994) "Defining, measuring, and optimizing laser beam quality" Anthony Siegman, Proc. SPIE 1868 (© 1993) "Laser interferometry: current trends and future prospects" Parameswaran Hariharan, Proc. SPIE 1553 (© 1992) "Review of high-power excimer lasers" Vern N. Smiley, Proc. SPIE 1225 (© 1990) |