Beam : the race to make the laser
Jeff Hecht
Bok · Engelsk · 2005
| Utgitt | Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2005
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| Omfang | X, 274
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| Opplysninger | Prologue: May 16, 1960, Malibu, California. 1. The Laser Race. 2. Microwaves Are the First Step. 3. Leaping a Few Orders of Magnitude: The Optical Maser. 4. The Outsider's Invention: The Laser. 5. Bell Labs Takes the Early Lead. 6. Stimulating the Emission of Money. 7. A Spreading Interest in the Laser Idea. 8. A Pause to Compare Notes. 9. A Dark Horse Joins the Race. 10. ""Everybody knew it was going to happen within months""-Bell Labs Feels Safely in the Lead. 11. A Crash Program at ""Pipsqueak Inc."". 12. The Siren Call of the Laser. 13. The Critical Question of Efficiency. 14. An Idea Simp
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| ISBN | 0-19-514210-1. - 978-0-19-514210-5
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