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The future of lasers

MAR 01, 1972
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Alexandr M. Prokhorov
Sergio P. Porto
Charles H. Townes
Ali Javan
Boris P. Stoicheff
Pierre Jacquinot
Raymond E. Kidder
Arthur L. Schawlow

At the Esfahan Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Laser Physics, which took place 29 August–5 September 1971, the world’s laser specialists gathered to exchange notes on the state of the field and its probable future. The symposium was held on the campus of Esfahan University in Esfahan, the second largest city of Iran, under the auspices of Arya‐Mehr University of Technology and with the support and cooperation of Esfahan University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ali Javan (MIT) was director of the symposium, which was sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

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Nicolaas Bloembergen, Harvard University.

Alexandr M. Prokhorov, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow.

Sergio P. Porto, University of Southern California.

Charles H. Townes, University of California.

Ali Javan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Boris P. Stoicheff, University of Toronto.

Pierre Jacquinot, Centre National de la Recherche, Scientifique, Orsay.

Raymond E. Kidder, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Arthur L. Schawlow, Stanford University.

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