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Lasers

Lasers

The quest for brightness

01 Mar 2006

Beam: The Race to Make the Laser
Jeff Hecht
2005 Oxford University Press
284pp £17.99/$29.95 hb

Shining bright
The laser is an essential feature of modern life, from telecommunications to medicine. Its history h

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Stig Stenholm is emeritus professor of laser physics and quantum optics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden, e-mail stenholm@atom.kth.se
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