The Laser Inventor Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman /

• Main Author: Maiman, Theodore H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Physics.; Technology.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Popular Science in Physics.; Popular Science in Technology.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

In these engaging memoirs of a maverick, Theodore H. Maiman describes the life events leading to his invention of the laser in 1960. Maiman succeeded using his expertise in physics and engineering along with an ingenious and elegant design not anticipated by others. His pink ruby laser produced mank...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Introductory Notes (Kathleen Maiman)
• Prologue
• 1 Setting the Stage
• 2 Stepping Stones
• 3 The Ivory Tower
• 4 Entering the Real World
• 5 The Ruby Maser Distraction
• 6 Building Blocks
• 7 Laser Chronology
• 8 Race to the Light
• 9 Three Levels 'Can't Work'
• 10 Obstacles and Solutions
• 11 Let There Be Coherent Light
• 12 The Light Fantastic
• 13 Publication Fiasco - Enter Politics
• 14 The News Release
• 15 Aftershocks and Ripple Effects
• 16 Nullification Tactics
• 17 Bandwagoning
• 18 Forty Years of Spin
• 19 Exploding a Myth
• 20 Exit Hughes, Enter Korad
• 21 A Solution Looking for a Problem
• 22 Hughes Patent Blunders
• 23 The Paper Patents
• 24 Award Happenings
• 25 South American Adventure
• Epilogue: Afterthoughts
• Addendum 1: Speech by Dr. Theodore H. Maiman, July 7, 1960, at Press Conference, New York, Announcing the Creation of the First Laser
• Addendum 2: "Ted Maiman and the Laser: 50 Years Later", Tribute by Nick Holonyak, Jr.
• Addendum 3: "Maiman's Laser: A Legacy of Limitless Applications", by Jeff Hecht
• Addendum 4: "Pretenders to Invention of the Laser", by Kathleen Maiman
• Addendum 5: Scientific Papers and Patents by Theodre H. Maiman
• Addendum 6: Theodore H. Maiman's Major Awards, Prizes, and Citations
• Addendum 7: Table of 35 Nobel Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1964-2014
• Addendum 8: Table of Japan Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1987-2014
• Addendum 9: U.S. Patent Number 3,353,115: Ruby Laser Systems, Inventor Theodore H. Maiman
• Addendum 10: Reprint of T.H. Maiman, "Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby," Nature, 187, 493-494 (August 6, 1960)
• Name Index
• Subject Index.