Lasers 4
The laser is a device that a beam of light that is both scientifically and practically of great use because it is coherent light. The beam is produced by a process known as stimulated emission, and the word "laser" is an acronym for the phrase "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."
Light is just like radio waves in the way that it can also carry information. The information is encoded in the beam as …
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…to get for three years to build the first gas-discharged laser which he had conceived in 1957. In that same patent the helium-neon was included.
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