May 16, 1960

1960-05-16 00:00 UTC

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The first laser

The first laser
Photo: ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Theodore Maiman gets coherent light out of a ruby rod at Hughes Research Laboratories.
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