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More light on ruby laser’s history

MAY 01, 2010

DOI: 10.1063/1.4797329

William Joyce

The paper “Who Invented the Laser: An Analysis of the Early Patents,” by Robert Myers and Richard Dixon, 1 is a thorough scholarly assessment of laser history. It will be of considerable interest to readers of “Bell Labs and the Ruby Laser.”

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  1. 1. R. A. Myers, R. W. Dixon, Hist. Stud. Phys. Biol. Sci. 34, 115 (2003).

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William Joyce. (wbj@mailaps.org) Millington, New Jersey, US .

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Volume 63, Number 5

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