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    Theodore Harold Maiman (July 11, 1927 – May 5, 2007) was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's...
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    physicist and spectroscopist Theodore Maiman (1927–2007), American engineer and physicist, inventor of the laser Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born 1930),...
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    gain medium. The first working laser was a ruby laser made by Theodore H. "Ted" Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories on May 16, 1960. Ruby lasers produce...
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    stimulated emission of radiation. The first laser was built in 1960 by Theodore Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories, based on theoretical work by Charles H...
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    Leonard Schawlow that led to the invention of the laser in 1960 by Theodore Maiman. When the coherent optical oscillator was first imagined in 1957, it...
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  • Maiman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ohad Maiman (born 1977), Israeli photographer Theodore Harold Maiman (1927–2007), American...
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    process) to be ten to twenty times less than in the natural gemstones. Theodore Maiman says that "because of the low chromium level in these crystals they...
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  • (programming language) Gordon Gould (1920–2005), U.S. – Laser, see also Theodore Maiman Richard Hall Gower (1768–1833), UK – ship's hull and rigging Boris...
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    light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The first laser was made in 1960 by Theodore Maiman with a rod of synthetic ruby. Titanium-sapphire lasers are popular...
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    working laser (a pulsed ruby laser) was demonstrated on May 16, 1960, by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Laboratories. Laser acronyms List of laser types...
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  • of the laser was created at Hughes Research Laboratories in 1960 by Theodore Maiman (1927–2007). HRL began research on atomic clocks in 1959. In the late...
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  • first type of laser to be discovered (based on a ruby laser medium, by Theodore Maiman in 1960). A three-level system could also have a radiative transition...
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  • 2018, the anniversary of the day in 1960 when engineer and physicist Theodore Maiman successfully fired the first laser. The International Day of Light...
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    stimulated emission of radiation". The laser was invented in 1960 by Theodore Maiman, and its potential uses in medicine were subsequently explored. Lasers...
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  • the optical amplifier and the laser that was demonstrated in 1960 by Theodore Maiman. The laser is a source for light waves, but a medium was needed to...
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    favor of photodynamic therapy. The ruby laser was developed in 1960 by Theodore Maiman (1927-2007) as the first laser based on the ruby maser. Soon after...
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  • ), the authority on computerized imaging systems with 150 patents Theodore Maiman (M.E. electrical engineering, Ph.D. physics), inventor of the first...
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    units became portable enough to use in common cameras. In 1960, after Theodore Maiman invented the ruby laser, a new demand for flashtubes began for use...
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    amplification method (patented as "Optically Pumped Laser Amplifier"), Theodore Maiman made the first working laser on May 16, 1960. Gould co-founded Optelecom...
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    Townes and Arthur Schawlow were the first to publish the theory and Theodore Maiman was the first to build a working laser). Gould is best known for his...
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  • actor (b. 1926) May 3 – Wally Schirra, astronaut (b. 1923) May 5 – Theodore Maiman, physicist (b. 1927) May 9 – Edith Rodriguez, medical patient (b. 1964)...
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    Flashlamp Holography, tattoo removal. The first laser, invented by Theodore Maiman in May 1960. Nd:YAG laser 1.064 μm, (1.32 μm) Flashlamp, laser diode...
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    1960: The first laser was produced at Hughes Research Laboratories, by Theodore Maiman. 1961: Hughes Research Laboratories completed their move to Malibu...
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    the north. The first working model of a laser was demonstrated by Theodore Maiman in 1960 in Malibu at the Hughes Research Laboratory (now known as HRL...
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    Townes by a few months. The first working laser was made in 1960 by Theodore Maiman. In 1991, the NEC Corporation and the American Physical Society established...
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    masers. The first working laser was demonstrated on 16 May 1960 by Theodore Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories. When first invented, they were called...
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  • interaction in Standard Model, into electroweak interaction 1960 – Theodore Maiman produces the first working laser 1966 – Jefimenko introduces time-dependent...
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  • Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time. 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research...
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    late-1960s. 1960 – The first working laser was demonstrated in May by Theodore Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories. 1960 – Tony Hoare announces the Quicksort...
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  • this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman". 1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser...
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