The Laser’s European Family Tree
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the date when the first man-made laser saw the light of day, it is important to look back at its birth. And although that beginning took place in the hills of sunny Malibu, Calif., on May 16, 1960, this groundbreaking invention has quite a few European forebears and descendants. Although it seems that, for this particular baby, a bit of disagreement exists as to who the parents were, there is good certainty about the grandfather: Albert Einstein. He...
Photonics.com, April 2010