Laser Quantum Blog Continuous Wave Lasers: Understanding the Basics

Laser technology as we know it was first envisaged on a park bench in Washington in 1951, when Charles Townes thought-up the concept of microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (MASER). Within ten years, this idea had germinated, yielding the first solid-state laser with a ruby gain medium. Sixty years of near non-stop development […] The post Continuous Wave Lasers: Understanding the Basics appeared first on Laser Quantum.