DocumentCode
1477783
Title
The laser at 50
Author
Savage, Neil
Volume
47
Issue
5
fYear
2010
fDate
5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
13
Lastpage
14
Abstract
Fifty years after the first beam of coherent light shone out of a ruby crystal, lasers have expanded in every direction, ranging from as big as three football fields to as small as a few layers of atoms, producing wavelengths from deep in the X-ray regime to far into the infrared. Engineers are pushing the technology ever further, and here are some of the records they have set.
Keywords
Costs; Fuels; Inductors; Investments; Laser theory; Nuclear power generation; Optical design; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5453123
Filename
5453123
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