Laser Inventor

Laser Inventor

Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman

Maiman, Theodore H.

Springer International Publishing AG

06/2019

312

Mole

Inglês

9783319871943

15 a 20 dias

726

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Dedication.- Acknowledgments.- Introductory Notes (Kathleen Maiman).- Prologue.- 1 Setting the Stage.- 2 Stepping Stones.- 3 The Ivory Tower.- 4 Entering the Real World.- 5 The Ruby Maser Distraction.- 6 Building Blocks.- 7 Laser Chronology.- 8 Race to the Light.- 9 Three Levels 'Can't Work'.- 10 Obstacles and Solutions.- 11 Let There Be Coherent Light.- 12 The Light Fantastic.- 13 Publication Fiasco - Enter Politics.- 14 The News Release.- 15 Aftershocks and Ripple Effects.- 16 Nullification Tactics.- 17 Bandwagoning.- 18 Forty Years of Spin.- 19 Exploding a Myth.- 20 Exit Hughes, Enter Korad.- 21 A Solution Looking for a Problem.- 22 Hughes Patent Blunders.- 23 The Paper Patents.- 24 Award Happenings.- 25 South American Adventure.- Epilogue: Afterthoughts.- Addendum 1: Speech by Dr. Theodore H. Maiman, July 7, 1960, at Press Conference, New York, Announcing the Creation of the First Laser.- Addendum 2: "Ted Maiman and the Laser: 50 Years Later", Tribute by Nick Holonyak, Jr..- Addendum 3: "Maiman's Laser: A Legacy of Limitless Applications", by Jeff Hecht.- Addendum 4: "Pretenders to Invention of the Laser", by Kathleen Maiman.- Addendum 5: Scientific Papers and Patents by Theodre H. Maiman.- Addendum 6: Theodore H. Maiman's Major Awards, Prizes, and Citations.- Addendum 7: Table of 35 Nobel Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1964-2014.- Addendum 8: Table of Japan Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1987-2014.- Addendum 9: U.S. Patent Number 3,353,115: Ruby Laser Systems, Inventor Theodore H. Maiman.- Addendum 10: Reprint of T.H. Maiman, "Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby," Nature, 187, 493-494 (August 6, 1960).- Name Index.- Subject Index.
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