Article: Inventor Of Laser Amazed By Its Offspring

John Barbour
New York Beacon, The
10-18-1995
Inventor Of Laser Amazed By Its Offspring.

The man who devised the most ubiquitous invention of this generation lives on a rugged mountainside in this affluent town and wonders where all his brainchildren are.

They never cease to amaze him.

It was 35 years ago that Dr. Theodore Maiman threw a switch that turned on the world's first LASER. That pioneering beam of ruby red coherent light and its offspring now illuminate every nook and cranny of the world's life.

From CD music and pictures to speedy checkout counters, from smart bombs to intricate, bloodless surgery, from boosting the flow of information in fiberoptic cables more than a millionfold to ...

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