The Laser: Historical Perspectives and Impact on Precision Measurements

Presentations

• First light : from the ruby laser to nonlinear optics

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 16, 2010, 10:45 AM – Feb. 16, 2010, 11:21 AM

  Authors

  • J.A. Giordmaine

    NEC Laboratories America

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• Freedom from band-gap slavery: from diode lasers to quantum cascade lasers

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 16, 2010, 11:21 AM – Feb. 16, 2010, 11:57 AM

  Authors

  • Federico Capasso

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• Developing Stabilized Lasers, Measuring their Frequencies, demoting the Metre, inventing the Comb, and further consequences

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 16, 2010, 11:57 AM – Feb. 16, 2010, 12:33 PM

  Authors

  • John L. Hall

    JILA/University of Colorado

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