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Thin Red Beam Illuminates Laser Promise and Scope
A vast future for the laser is described as a thin intense red beam with wide applications from diamond cutting to eye surgery and space communication. The piece traces the laser’s history from the maser concept by Townes and Schawlow to the first visible-light laser by Hughes Aircraft, and its potential to drive industry, medicine, radar, and space travel by 1970.
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New York
Khrushchev
Mars
Moon
Earth
Charles H. Townes
Columbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Townes
Hughes Aircraft Co