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With this phrase, the American physicist Theodore Harold Maiman (1927–2007) reflected on his invention, the laser. On May 16, 1960, Maiman introduced the first working LASER, not realizing how successful his small device would be. It weighed in at about 2 kg and fitted comfortably in one hand. Since it first flashed in 1960, LASERs have become seemingly omnipresent and indispensable. Their areas of application are as diverse as the LASER types available today. (e.g., LASER devices are used to read CDs, DVDs, and barcodes at the supermarket checkout stand; they measure the exact distance from earth to the moon; they can take ultrahigh-resolution images of living tissue; they enable surgeons to perform operations without a scalpel and, among many other applications, they entertain with light shows.)

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LASER. “A Solution in Search of a Problem”

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    2025年

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  • Sibylle Scholtz,
  • Myriam Becker,
  • Lee MacMorris,
  • Achim Langenbucher

摘要

With this phrase, the American physicist Theodore Harold Maiman (1927–2007) reflected on his invention, the laser. On May 16, 1960, Maiman introduced the first working LASER, not realizing how successful his small device would be. It weighed in at about 2 kg and fitted comfortably in one hand. Since it first flashed in 1960, LASERs have become seemingly omnipresent and indispensable. Their areas of application are as diverse as the LASER types available today. (e.g., LASER devices are used to read CDs, DVDs, and barcodes at the supermarket checkout stand; they measure the exact distance from earth to the moon; they can take ultrahigh-resolution images of living tissue; they enable surgeons to perform operations without a scalpel and, among many other applications, they entertain with light shows.)