Title
The Laser
Abstract
The laser is an oscillator of light using an amplification process based on stimulated emission from atoms in an optical resonator. Laser light has a narrow spectral width and a high degree of spatial coherence. Laser beams are highly directional and can be focused into a tiny spot. Pulsed lasers produce ultrashort light pulses with ultrahigh peak power. Since its invention in 1960, the laser has enabled many scientific discoveries and has been at the core of a plethora of light-based technologies. It is truly a light fantastic.
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Publication Title
Optics in Our Time
Number of Pages
71-85
Document Type
Article; Book Chapter
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31903-2_4
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
85029127740 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85029127740
STARS Citation
Saleh, Bahaa, "The Laser" (2016). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 3897.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/3897