American physicist (1927–2007); inventor of the first working laser
Theodore Maiman
Maiman with the world's first laser in 1985
Born
Theodore Harold Maiman
(1927-07-11)July 11, 1927
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died
May 5, 2007(2007-05-05) (aged 79)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma mater
University of Colorado Boulder
Stanford University
Known for
Inventing the laser
Awards
Stuart Ballantine Medal (1962)
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1966)
R. W. Wood Prize (1976)
Wolf Prize in Physics (1983)
Japan Prize (1987)
Scientific career
Fields
Physics, electrical engineering
Institutions
Hughes Research Laboratories
Quantatron
Korad Corporation
Thesis
Microwave-optical investigation of the 3³P fine structure in helium (1955)
Doctoral advisor
Willis Lamb
Theodore Harold Maiman (July 11, 1927 – May 5, 2007) was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers.[8][9] The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960. In a July 7, 1960, press conference in Manhattan,[10] Maiman and his employer, Hughes Aircraft Company, announced the laser to the world.[11] Maiman was granted a patent for his invention,[12] and he received many awards and honors for his work. His experiences in developing the first laser and subsequent related events are recounted in his book, The Laser Odyssey,[13] later being republished in 2018 under a new title, The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman.[14]
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^Bromberg, Joan Lisa (1991). The Laser in America, 1950–1970. MIT Press. pp. 86–92.
^Bertolotti, Mario (2005). The History of the Laser. Institute of Physics Publishing. pp. 226–234. ISBN 0750309113.
^Townes, Charles H. (2003). Laura Garwin and Tim Lincoln (ed.). "The First Laser". A Century of Nature: Twenty-One Discoveries that Changed Science and the World. University of Chicago Press. pp. 107–12.
^Hecht, Jeff (2005). Beam: The Race to Make the Laser. Oxford University Press. pp. 106–15, 169–82.
^Johnson, John Jr. (May 11, 2008). "Theodore H. Maiman, at age 32; scientist created the first LASER". Los Angeles Times
^"Maiman Builds First Working Laser". Physics History: May 16, 1960. APS News 19. May 2010.
^"The First Ruby Laser". LaserFest. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
^"Voila. That was it! The Laser was born! Celebrating 50 Years of Laser Technology, 1960–2010". HRL Laboratories LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
^Cite error: The named reference Martin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Speech by Dr. Theodore H. Maiman, Hughes Aircraft Company, at a Press Conference at the Hotel Delmonico" (PDF). New York. July 7, 1960. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
^Maiman, Theodore H. (1961) "Ruby laser systems " U.S. patent 3,353,115
^Maiman, Theodore H. (2000). The Laser Odyssey. Laser Press. ISBN 978-0-9702927-0-4. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
^Maiman, Theodore H. (2018). The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-61939-2. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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