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A History of the Laser: 1960

HISTORY OF THE LASER TIMELINE April 26, 1951: Charles Hard Townes of Columbia

HISTORY OF THE LASER TIMELINE April 26, 1951: Charles Hard Townes of Columbia University in New York conceives his maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) idea while sitting on a park bench in Washington.

A trip through the light fantastic left The trip continues HISTORY OF THE LASER TIMELINE April 26, 1951: 1954: 1955: 1956: September 14, 1957: November 13, 1957: 1958: April 1959: March 22, 1960: May 16, 1960: July 7, 1960: November 1960: December 1960: 1961: March 1961: October 1961: December 1961: 1962: 1962: June 1962: October 1962: Early 1963: 1963: 1963: March 1964: 1964: left 1964: 1964: 1965: 1965: 1966: 1966: 1966: March 1967: February 1968: 1970: 1970: Spring 1970: 1970: 1971: 1972: 1972: June 26, 1974: 1975: 1975: 1976: 1976: 1977: October 11, 1977: 1978: 1978: 1979: 1981: 1982: October 1982: 1985: 1987: 1988: 1994: 1994: November 1996: January 1997: September 2003: 2004: September 2006: August 2007: May 2009: May 29, 2009: June 2009: September 2009: November 2009: December 2009: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (top) (bottom) 2017 2018 2019 Sources 1960 - 2010 The Laser in America, 1950-1979 Laser: Light of a Million Uses Laser Pioneers Laser Community Lasers & Applications magazine 2010-2019 Self-driving car market size Laser market size Semiconductor market size Data traffic size and growth Medical lasers 2010 Shocking Results from DACs Single Cycle of Light Pulsed QCLs: More Light, Less Heat 2011 Bringing a Laser to Life VECSEL Semiconductor nanowire laser tech 2012 NIF 500 terawatt shot Mars Rover's Laser Zaps First Target Random lasers 2013 Random laser control Fiber boost Nanowire lasers 2014 Supersonic laser propulsion Laser satellite communications Laser particle accelerator 2015 [Random lasers] "Accurately Simulating Focusing Beams using Monte Carlo Techniques," Laser printing Cellular microlasers 2016 ASML EUV Laser Guide Star Alliance Quantum dot lasers grown on silicon Lockheed Martin Army laser Space broadband with lasers Fluorescent protein polariton laser 2018 NIF sets new record 10-petawatt laser NIST Random laser 2019 Photoacoustic communications