Charles Townes, Aleksandr Prokhorov and Nicolay Basov shared the 1964 physics Nobel for developing devices that led to this invention. Materials used to make this device include chromium-doped corundum and yttrium iron garnet, although the first built by Theodore Maiman used ruby. The characteristic process relies on a condition called population inversion, where there are
Charles Townes, Aleksandr Prokhorov and Nicolay Basov shared the 1964 physics Nobel for developing devices that led to this invention. Materials used to make this device include chromium-doped corundum and yttrium iron garnet, although the first built by Theodore Maiman used ruby. The characteristic process relies on a condition called population inversion, where there are more excited electrons than unexcited electrons. Typically employing such mechanisms as dye fluorescence, gas-discharge, and optical pumping, FTP, name this device which produces coherent light.
Charles Townes, Aleksandr Prokhorov and Nicolay Basov shared the 1964 physics Nobel for developing devices that led to this invention.
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