Theodore H. Maiman. The world´s first functioning Laser
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Happy Birthday, Laser! On May 16, 1960, the laser was born. The device that Theodore Maiman built, still exists. Together with Ted Maiman's lab book, the historic laser is on display at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. We are honored to have the laser in house. We took the occasion of its birthday to present the small device in a video. Dr. Matthew Weidman, group leader of the attosecond metrology 2.0 team in attoworld, explains the individual components and the principle of how a laser works.
It seems like a crime that Theodore Maiman didn't get a Nobel prize! Was he at least given one posthumously?
Alfred Nobel's will forbids posthumous awards.
Awesome
So, in essence a laser is a "photon copier" and because photons are bosons they can occupy the same space which makes it a laser?
One question always sticks with me. How does the coupleMirror work exactly. Is it 1, it reflects some and couples some out or is it 2. It is like opaque until the radiation is strong enough and only then gets more or less transparent for the beam, like a Q-switch ?
Yeah; from what I've read, (I'm a layman so, I'm not an expert,) one of the (two) mirrors is partially coated so, when the amplification reaches a certain point, the light bursts past the coating. I think that's why the old lasers like this were "pulse" (?)
Its surprisingly small considering most new tech back then took up either rooms or was not pocket-sized😂
Mr beast made a Lazer maze because of this
Do you have a link for the full presentation of the laser? The clip used at the start of the video. Thanks
yes
@@dcgeeked8917 could you share it please
@@azoth5420 did you find it?
@@owenwaldo unfortunately no
This isn't the same but, the inventor's wife. Pretty cool. ua-cam.com/video/Ulg_SP7HDXw/v-deo.html
There's something about a lot of 'scientists' that they think putting many French or Latin loanwords in their explanation will make them sound smart.
In reality your explanation will simply fall on deaf ears to anyone but the people that already understand the concept.
So no, you don't sound smart, just elitist.
Yeah; especially Botanists! What's with all those "elitist" Latin names!? And, those Chemists, with all that "hydro- oxy carbo-" stuff! Is that French? Worst is the Mathematicians and Physicists with all those squiggly, elitist, doodles they put up on the boards!! What's wrong with normal numbers like the rest of us use!? Is that Russian writing? Are they "Commies"!? 😆😅🤣🤡🧠=💩
LOL! And you sound dumb and lazy.