TY - BOOK ID - 77862975 TI - How the laser happened : adventures of a scientist PY - 2023 SN - 9786610470853 1282367323 1280470852 0198028636 9786612367328 1602567026 9780198028635 0199882428 0197732321 PB - New York ; Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Lasers KW - Masers KW - Science and state KW - Microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation KW - Quantum mechanical amplifiers KW - Electromagnetism KW - Electron tubes KW - Infrared sources KW - Microwave amplifiers KW - Microwave devices KW - Optical pumping KW - Quantum electronics KW - Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation KW - Masers, Optical KW - Optical masers KW - Light amplifiers KW - Light sources KW - Optoelectronic devices KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Optical parametric oscillators KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77862975 AB - Charles Townes invented the maser and the laser, and was a pioneer in the use of spectroscopic techniques to determine the atomic composition of stars. This is the memoir of a life devoted to scientific research. ER -