Title :
Lasers: Fifty years
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
In a first part of the talk a discussion will be presented about how the laser was conceived and then realized. In the second part, some early developments in laser science and technology, which have paved the way to all nowadays applications, will be reviewed.
Keywords :
Q-switching; dye lasers; gas lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; CO2; Q-switching; dye lasers; gas lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser science; semiconductor lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Masers; Patents; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621442
